Patent · US Expired

System for monitoring an inhabited environment

US6950017B2 · kind B2 · utility

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23Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 25, 2003
Grant dateSep 27, 2005
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 9, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG08B25/016
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A monitor system for monitoring an environment inhabited by an occupant includes a controller having data storage system, a processor, data processing software, at least one input, and at least one output, wherein at least one input includes an output signal from a signal generator associated with a utility meter, the utility meter being arranged to meter a utility entering the monitored environment, wherein the data processing software records and analyzes the or each at least one input, and wherein the at least one output includes an alarm signal generated when the data processing software determines that the utility use pattern is abnormal.

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