US 11,237,018 B2Granted

Data concentration apparatus and system for advanced metering

AssigneeUbiik Inc.

InventorsFabien Petitgrand, Tien-Haw Peng, Chun-Yu Liu

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Abstract

A system for advanced metering includes a data concentration device and a data acquiring device. The data concentration device, configured to be physically attached to a first meter to obtain first data, includes a data interface capable of being electrically coupled to the first meter and a data concentration module capable of wireless communication using a first communication standard and wireless communication with a communication network using a second communication standard. The data acquiring device is configured to be physically attached to a second meter to obtain second data and capable of wireless communication using the first communication standard. The data concentration module transmits a first message including the first data to the communication network, selectively allows wireless communication using the first communication standard for the data acquiring device to enable transmission of the second data, and transmits a second message including the second data to the communication network.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A data concentration apparatus for use in an advanced metering infrastructure system, the advanced metering infrastructure system including a communication network and a plurality of meters including a first meter and a second meter, and the second meter having a data acquiring device, the data concentration apparatus comprising:

a data interface capable of being electrically coupled to the first meter to obtain first data originated in the first meter;
and
a data concentration module electrically coupled to the data interface and capable of wireless communication using a first communication standard and wireless communication with the communication network using a second communication standard,
wherein the data concentration apparatus is configured to be physically attached to the first meter,
wherein the data concentration module is capable of transmitting a first message to the communication network, and the first message includes the first data and a first indicator indicating that the first data originates in the first meter,
wherein the data concentration module selectively allows wireless communication using the first communication standard for the data acquiring device, and the data concentration module, when receiving second data transmitted from the data acquiring device, transmits a second message to the communication network, and the second message includes the second data and a second indicator indicating that the second data originates in the second meter.

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A system for advanced metering comprising:

a data concentration device configured to be physically attached to a first meter to obtain first data from the first meter, the data concentration device including:
a data interface, capable of being electrically coupled to the first meter to obtain the first data from the first meter;
and
a data concentration module electrically coupled to the data interface and capable of wireless communication using a first communication standard and wireless communication with a communication network using a second communication standard;
wherein the data concentration module transmits a first message to the communication network, and the first message includes the first data and a first indicator indicating that the first data originates in the first meter;
and
a data acquiring device configured to be physically attached to a second meter to obtain second data from the second meter and being capable of wireless communication using the first communication standard;
wherein the data concentration module selectively allows wireless communication using the first communication standard for the data acquiring device, and
wherein the data concentration module, when receiving the second data transmitted from the data acquiring device, transmits a second message to the communication network, and the second message includes the second data and a second indicator indicating that the second data originates in the second meter.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/015,095Filed 9 Sep 2020
Priority: TW 1081324929 Sep 2019
Published: US 2021/0072043 A111 Mar 2021
Granted: 1 Feb 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

G01D 4/002
Tariff metering apparatus: remote reading of utility meters
G01D 4/004
Remote reading of utility meters: remote reading of utility meters to a fixed location
G06Q 50/06
Information and communication technology [ICT] specially adapted for implementation of business processes of specific business sectors, e.g.…:…
H04W 4/38
Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes: for collecting sensor information