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US 11,262,215 B2Granted
Smart measurement system
AssigneeSensia LLC
InventorsDonald R Hammill, Thomas Madden, Thomas Neilson, Daniel B. Baxter
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Abstract
A system and method are presented for collecting and retrieving characterization data of measurement devices, such as flow meters. The system includes a meter, a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag for storing the meter characterization data, and electronics, such as a totalizer, to read the characterization data from the RFID tag and calibrate the meter measurements using the characterization data.
Claims31
A measurement system for measuring a flow of fluid, the measurement system comprising:
- a flow meter associated with characterization data and configured to obtain measurements of the flow;
- a tag to store the meter characterization data;
- meter electronics in communication with at least one of the meter or the tag, the meter electronics configured to:
- receive the measurements of the flow;
- receive the meter characterization data from the tag;
- process the measurements of the fluid flow based on the meter characterization data to generate readable measurements, wherein the meter characterization data relates to functional operation of the flow meter and comprises information indicating at least in part how the flow meter obtains the measurements;
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- provide the readable measurements to an interface on the meter electronics.
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A method of measuring comprising:
- calibrating a meter and obtaining characterization data from the meter;
- digitally storing the characterization data for the meter in a tag;
- attaching the tag to the meter;
- receiving measurements from the meter and the characterization data for the meter from the tag at meter electronics of the meter;
- processing the received measurements from the meter and calibrating the measurements at the meter electronics using the characterization data from the tag to generate readable measurements, wherein the characterization data relates to functional operation of the meter and comprises information indicating at least in part how the meter obtains the measurements;
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- provide the readable measurements to an interface on the meter electronics.
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A method for measuring a flow of fluid, the method comprising:
- providing, via a tag, meter characterization data to a portable device;
- providing, via wireless communications, meter characteristics to meter electronics;
- process measurements of the fluid flow based on the meter characterization data to generate readable measurements, wherein the meter characterization data relates to functional operation of a flow meter and comprises information indicating at least in part how the flow meter obtains the measurements;
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- provide the readable measurements to an interface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.