Patent · US Expired

Reduced cost automatic meter reading system and method using locally communicating utility meters

US6816360B2 · kind B2 · utility

24Cited by

13References

6Claims

0Family size

Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Glen William Brooksby · Niskayuna, US
Daniel David Harrison · Delanson, US
Daniel A. Staver · Scotia, US
Ertugrul Berkcan · Clifton Park, US
Ralph Thomas Hoctor · Saratoga Springs, US
Wolfgang Daum · Erie, US
Kenneth Brakeley Welles, II · Scotia, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 5, 2001
Grant date	Nov 9, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 6, 2022

Classification

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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