Reduced cost automatic meter reading system and method using locally communicating utility meters
US6262672A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 14, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jul 17, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 14, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY04S20/30
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A low cost and easy to assemble communicating utility meter provides selectable measurement, calibration, display, and communications means so as to be re-configurable based on several factors including; harmonic content of the power signal measured, LCD display alternatives, time of use measurements, bandpass filter settings, power quality measurements, PLC communications alternatives, radio frequency communications alternatives, optical communications alternatives, and hard wire communications alternatives.
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