# US 10,502,596 B2 · Electronic measurement device capable of displaying data in the form of two dimensional matrix code, electronic reader, electronic installation and transmission method associated therewith > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,502,596 B2 - Document ID: US10502596B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/615,847 - Filed: 2015-02-06 - Published: 2015-08-13 - Granted: 2019-12-10 - Earliest claimed: 2014-02-12 - Assignees: Schneider Electric Industries SAS - Applicants: Schneider Electric Industries SAS - Inventors: Jean-Marc Miry - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10502596B2 ## CPC - G01D 21/00: Measuring or testing not otherwise provided for - G01D 4/002: {Remote reading of utility meters} - G01D 5/39: Scanning a visible indication of the measured value and reproducing this indication at the remote place, e.g. on the screen of a cathode ray tube {(mechanical adjustment G01D5/264)} - G01K 17/00: Measuring quantity of heat (measuring temperature by calorimetry G01K3/00 - G01K11/00; specially adapted for measuring thermal properties of materials, e.g. specific heat, heat of combustion G01N) - G01R 29/00: Arrangements for measuring or indicating electric quantities not covered by groups G01R19/00 - G01R27/00 - G06K 19/06037: {multi-dimensional coding} - G06K 19/06093: {the marking being constructed out of a plurality of similar markings, e.g. a plurality of barcodes randomly oriented on an object} - G06K 19/06112: {the marking being simulated using a light source, e.g. a barcode shown on a display or a laser beam with time-varying intensity profile} - Y02B 90/20: Smart grids as enabling technology in buildings sector (smart grids supporting the management or operation of end-user stationary applications in general, or like technologies with no associated climate change mitigation effect Y04S20/00) - Y04S 20/30: Smart metering, e.g. specially adapted for remote reading - G01D: MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED IN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G01K: MEASURING TEMPERATURE; MEASURING QUANTITY OF HEAT; THERMALLY-SENSITIVE ELEMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (radiation pyrometry G01J5/00) - G01R: MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES (indicating correct tuning of resonant circuits H03J3/12) - G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS - Y02B: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS - Y04S: SYSTEMS INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO POWER NETWORK OPERATION, COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, MANAGEMENT OR USAGE, i.e. SMART GRIDS ## Abstract This electronic device is suitable for measuring a quantity. This measurement device comprises: a unit for measuring the quantity, able to deliver measurement data, an encoding unit, able to convert measurement data into structured data according to a structuration format, the data structured according to the structuration format including at least one portion of the measurement data, a unit for generating at least one two-dimensional matrix code are from the structured data, and a display unit, able to display each generated matrix code. The structured data further comprise a first identifier of the structuration format, said first identifier being able to identify in a unique way the structuration format. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device for measuring a variable, comprising: an electronic circuit configured to: measure the variable to deliver measurement data, perform an encoding operation to convert the measurement data into structured data according to a structuration format, the data structured according to the structuration format including at least one portion of the measurement data, generate at least one two-dimensional matrix code from the structured data, and control display of each generated two-dimensional matrix code, wherein the structured data further includes a first identifier of the structuration format, said first identifier being to exclusively identify in a unique way the structuration format for a plurality of different electronic readers, including a first electronic reader, to read the measurement data converted into the structured data, wherein the measurement data include successive first frames of measurement data, wherein the electronic circuit is configured to convert each said first frame of measurement data into a corresponding second frame of structured data, each said second frame including a second identifier of said frame from among the plurality of second frames, wherein the first identifier and the second identifier are distinct from each other, wherein the structured data consists of alphanumerical characters, and wherein the structuration format determines a truncation of each said first frame of measurement data. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the structuration format is defined by a descriptor in the form of a file with an XML or BON format. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the variable is an electric variable. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the variable is a thermodynamic variable. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) An electronic reader comprising reading circuitry configured to read the at least one two-dimensional matrix code, the at least one two-dimensional matrix code being able to be displayed by the electronic device according to claim 1, the reading circuitry further being configured to determine the structured data corresponding to the at least one two-dimensional matrix code read, wherein the electronic reader further comprises decoding circuitry configured to determine, depending on the first identifier, the measurement data contained in the structured data, and wherein the electronic reader is one of said plurality of electronic readers. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The electronic reader according to claim 5, wherein the decoding circuitry is configured to retrieve a descriptor of the structuration format corresponding to the first identifier of the structuration format, and to use said descriptor to determine the measurement data contained in the structured data. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The electronic reader according to claim 6, wherein the decoding circuitry is configured to retrieve the descriptor of the structuration format from a computer server via an Internet network. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The electronic reader according to claim 6, wherein the decoding circuitry is configured to transmit, to an electronic apparatus external to the electronic reader, the measurement data contained in the structured data and the descriptor of the format corresponding to the first identifier. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) An electronic installation for measuring the variable, wherein the electronic installation comprises the electronic reader according to claim 5. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The installation according to claim 9, wherein the variable is an electric variable. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The installation according to claim 9, wherein the variable is a thermodynamic variable. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the measurement data correspond to a decimal number, and wherein the structuration format determines a number of figures before and after a decimal point of the decimal number. ### Claim 13 A method for transmitting measurement data of a variable between an electronic device configured to measure the variable and an electronic reader, the method comprising: encoding measurement data, during which measurement data are converted, by the electronic device, into data structured according to a structuration format, the data structured according to the structuration format including at least one portion of the measurement data, generating, by the electronic device, at least one two-dimensional matrix code from the structured data, displaying, by the electronic device, each said generated at least one two-dimensional matrix code, reading, by the electronic reader, the displayed matrix code(s) at least one two-dimensional matrix code, and determining, by the electronic reader, measurement data contained in the structured data, wherein the structured data includes a first identifier of the structuration format, the first identifier being to exclusively identify the structuration format, for a plurality of different electronic readers, including said electronic reader, to read the measurement data converted into the structured data, wherein said first identifier is used in said determining the measurement data contained in the structured data, wherein the measurement data include successive first frames of measurement data, wherein the method further comprises converting each said first frame of measurement data into a corresponding second frame of structured data, each said second frame including a second identifier of said frame from among the plurality of second frames, wherein the first identifier and the second identifier are distinct from each other, wherein the structured data consists of alphanumerical characters, and wherein the structuration format determines a truncation of each said first frame of measurement data. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method according to claim 13, wherein, during said determining the measurement data contained in the structured data, the electronic reader retrieves a descriptor of the structuration format corresponding to the first identifier, and uses said descriptor to determine the measurement data contained in the structured data. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method according to claim 13, wherein the variable is an electric variable. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The method according to claim 13, wherein the variable is a thermodynamic variable. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The method according to claim 13, wherein the measurement data correspond to a decimal number, and wherein the structuration format determines a number of figures before and after a decimal point of the decimal number.