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Flow measurement apparatus and program thereof, flow measurement method and fluid supply system

US8265887B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 16, 2008
Grant dateSep 11, 2012
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Expiry dateJun 14, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01M3/2807
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A fluid measurement apparatus capable of accurately determining an activated appliance is provided. A flow measurement apparatus 100 has a flow measurement unit 12 that measures an amount of fluid flowing through a passageway, a determination zone storage unit 16 that allocates and stores a flow measured by the flow measurement unit 12 into determination zones classified by combination of a plurality of conditions; a grouping unit 18 that groups determination zones according to appliances to be used on the basis of determination-zone-specific storage values stored in the determination zone storage unit 16 and that registers the grouped determination zones; and an integration unit 20 that integrates a flow value for each of the determination zones registered by the grouping unit 18. Thus, a flow is integrated for each determination zone grouped according to an appliance. An appliance is determined by reference to a database including the integrated data.

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