G01D 7/12
Audible indication of meter readings
Official title: Audible indication of meter readings, e.g. for the blind
G01D7/12 (Audible indication of meter readings) appears on 39 US grants and 32 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01D- Granted patents
- 39
- Published applications
- 32
- Assignees
- 31
- Inventors
- 123
- Latest grant
- 17 Mar 2026
Filings by year
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| 2022 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Systems and methods for a compensatory hand-based device to provide temperature feedback19 May 2022US 2022/0155865 A1Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
- Voice-activated energy management system21 May 2020US 2020/0160864 A1Landis+Gyr Innovations, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Audible thermostat62US 5,690,277 A1997
- Machine operation indicating system and method52US 4,933,852 A1990
- Multi-channel proportional user interface for physical control applications52US 7,164,368 B12007
- Method and apparatus for indicating a changed condition45US 5,371,487 ACaterpillar Inc. · 1994
- Temperature talking indicating device30US 4,428,685 A1984