# US 11,555,720 B2 · Gas leakage detection method based on compound internet of things (IoT) and IoT system

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- Number: US 11,555,720 B2
- Document ID: US11555720B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/552,751
- Filed: 2021-12-16
- Published: 2022-04-07
- Granted: 2023-01-17
- Earliest claimed: 2019-03-27
- Assignees: Chengdu Qinchuan Iot Technology Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Chengdu Qinchuan IOT Technology Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Zehua Shao
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11555720B2

## CPC

- G01D 18/00: Testing or calibrating apparatus or arrangements provided for in groups G01D1/00 - G01D15/00
- G01M 3/2807: {for pipes (G01M3/2892, G01M3/30 take precedence)}
- G01D 4/002: {Remote reading of utility meters}
- G01M 3/00: Investigating fluid-tightness of structures
- G05B 19/042: using digital processors (G05B19/05 takes precedence)
- G08B 21/16: Combustible gas alarms
- G05B 19/0426: {Programming the control sequence}
- G05B 2219/25297: Identify controlled element, valve, and read characteristics
- 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
- G01M: TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES; TESTING OF STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G)
- G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
- 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

The present invention relates to the field of Internet of Things (IoT), and provides a gas leakage detection method based on a compound IoT and an IoT system. According to the gas leakage detection method based on the compound IoT and the IoT system provided by the present invention, whether a gas pipeline of a user has gas leakage or not is judged via a user participation manner, the judgment manner is intelligent, the judgment result is accurate and thus the gas safety of the user is guaranteed.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A gas leakage detection method based on a compound Internet of Things (IoT) that includes multiple devices connected wirelessly via the Internet, wherein the method is applied to an IoT system; the IoT system comprises a user platform, a management platform, an object platform, a plurality of sensor network sub-platforms and service sub-platforms; the object platform comprises a gas meter; the service sub-platforms comprise at least one of a gas company service sub-platform, a government service sub-platform or a social operator service sub-platform; and the method comprises:
sending, by the user platform, a detection command to a service sub-platform, wherein the detection command comprises a time period;
sending, by the service sub-platform, the detection command to the management platform;
sending, by the management platform, a detection instruction to the gas meter via at least one of the plurality of sensor network sub-platforms according to the detection command;
in response to the detection instruction, sending, by the gas meter, gas usage data to the management platform via the sensor network sub-platforms at a preset time interval within the time period;
and determining, by the management platform, whether to send a valve closing instruction based on the gas usage data uploaded by the gas meter;
wherein the determining whether to send the valve closing instruction includes: judging, by the management platform, whether the gas usage data uploaded by the gas meter changes or not during the time period, and when the gas usage data changes, judging, by the management platform, whether to send the valve closing instruction to the gas meter or not via at least one of the plurality of sensor network sub-platforms;
and when receiving the valve closing instruction, closing, by the gas meter, a valve in response to the valve closing instruction.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The gas leakage detection method based on the compound IoT according to claim 1, wherein the service sub-platforms comprise at least the gas company service sub-platform and the social operator service sub-platform; and the step of when the gas usage data changes, judging, by the management platform, whether to send a valve closing instruction to the gas meter or not via at least one of the plurality of sensor network sub-platforms comprises:
when the time at which the gas usage data changes falls within a preset time range, sending, by the management platform, the valve closing instruction to the gas meter via at least one of the plurality of sensor network sub-platforms; and sending, by the management platform, prompt information to both the gas company service sub-platform and the social operator service sub-platform.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The gas leakage detection method based on the compound IoT according to claim 1, wherein the service sub-platforms comprise at least the gas company service sub-platform and the social operator service sub-platform; and the step of judging, by the management platform, whether to send a valve closing instruction to the gas meter or not via at least one of the plurality of sensor network sub-platforms comprises:
judging, by the management platform, whether or not the amount of change in the gas usage data is greater than a preset threshold;
if the amount of change in the gas usage data is smaller than the threshold, sending, by the management platform, query information to the user platform via a service sub-platform to query whether a user intentionally consumed any gas, and judging, according to a response of the user platform to the query information, whether to send the valve closing instruction to the gas meter or not via at least one of the plurality of sensor network sub-platforms;
if the amount of change in the gas usage data is greater than the threshold, sending, by the management platform, the valve closing instruction to the gas meter via at least one of the plurality of sensor network sub-platforms; and
when the management platform sends the valve closing instruction to the gas meter via at least one of the plurality of sensor network sub-platforms, sending, by the management platform, the prompt information to both the gas company service sub-platform and the social operator service sub-platform.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The gas leakage detection method based on the compound IoT according to claim 2, wherein when the response of the user platform to the query information indicates that no gas was intentionally consumed by the user, the management platform sends the valve closing instruction to the gas meter via at least one of the plurality of sensor network sub-platforms.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The gas leakage detection method based on the compound IoT according to claim 2, wherein if the user platform does not make a response to the query information within a preset duration, the management platform sends the valve closing instruction to the gas meter via at least one of the plurality of sensor network sub-platforms.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The gas leakage detection method based on the compound IoT according to claim 1, wherein the service sub-platforms comprise at least the gas company service sub-platform and the social operator service sub-platform; and the step of judging, by the management platform, whether to send a valve closing instruction to the gas meter or not via at least one of the plurality of sensor network sub-platforms comprises:
judging, by the management platform, whether the change of the gas usage data continues or not within a preset observation duration; if the change of the gas usage data continues, sending, by the management platform, the valve closing instruction to the gas meter via at least one of the plurality of sensor network sub-platforms; and sending, by the management platform, the prompt information to both the gas company service sub-platform and the social operator service sub-platform.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The gas leakage detection method based on the compound IoT according to claim 5, wherein if the change of the gas usage data of the gas meter stops within the preset observation duration, the management platform does not send the valve closing instruction.

### Claim 8

An Internet of Things (IoT) system that includes multiple devices connected wirelessly via the Internet, wherein the IoT system comprises a user platform, a management platform, an object platform, a plurality of sensor network sub-platforms and service sub-platforms; the object platform is communicatively connected with the management platform via at least one of the plurality of sensor network sub-platforms; the management platform is communicatively connected with the service sub-platforms; the service sub-platforms are communicatively connected with the user platform; the object platform comprises a gas meter; and the service sub-platforms comprise at least one of a gas company service sub-platform, a government service sub-platform or a social operator service sub-platform, wherein:
the user platform is configured to send a detection command to a service sub-platform, wherein the detection command comprises a time period;
each of the service sub-platforms is configured to send the detection command to the management platform;
the management platform is configured to send a detection instruction to the gas meter via at least one of the plurality of sensor network sub-platforms according to the detection command;
the gas meter is configured to send, in response to the detection instruction, gas usage data to the management platform via the sensor network sub-platforms at a preset time interval within the time period;
and the management platform is configured to determine whether to send a valve closing instruction based on the gas usage data uploaded by the gas meter;
wherein the management platform is configured to judge whether the gas usage data uploaded by the gas meter changes or not during the time period, and when the gas usage data changes, the management platform judges whether to send a valve closing instruction to the gas meter or not via at least one of the plurality of sensor network sub-platforms; and
when receiving the valve closing instruction, the gas meter closes a valve in response to the valve closing instruction.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The IoT system according to claim 8, wherein the service sub-platforms comprise at least the gas company service sub-platform and the social operator service sub-platform, and when the time at which the gas usage data changes falls within a preset time range, the management platform sends the valve closing instruction to the gas meter via at least one of the plurality of sensor network sub-platforms, and the management platform sends prompt information to both the gas company service sub-platform and the social operator service sub-platform.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The IoT system according to claim 8, wherein the service sub-platforms comprise at least the gas company service sub-platform and the social operator service sub-platform; and that the management platform judges whether to send a valve closing instruction to the gas meter or not via at least one of the plurality of sensor network sub-platforms comprises:
the management platform judges whether or not the amount of change in the gas usage data is greater than a preset threshold;
if the amount of change in the gas usage data is smaller than the threshold, the management platform sends query information to the user platform via a service sub-platform to query whether a user intentionally consumed any gas, and judges, according to a response of the user platform to the query information, whether to send the valve closing instruction to the gas meter or not via at least one of the plurality of sensor network sub-platforms;
if the amount of change in the gas usage data is greater than the threshold, the management platform sends the valve closing instruction to the gas meter via at least one of the plurality of sensor network sub-platforms; and
when the management platform sends the valve closing instruction to the gas meter via at least one of the plurality of sensor network sub-platforms, the management platform sends the prompt information to both the gas company service sub-platform and the social operator service sub-platform.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The IoT system according to claim 10, wherein when the response of the user platform to the query information indicates that no gas was intentionally consumed by the user, the management platform sends the valve closing instruction to the gas meter via at least one of the plurality of sensor network sub-platforms.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The IoT system according to claim 10, wherein if the user platform does not make a response to the query information within a preset duration, the management platform sends the valve closing instruction to the gas meter via at least one of the plurality of sensor network sub-platforms.

### Claim 13 (depends on 8)

The IoT system according to claim 8, wherein the service sub-platforms comprise at least the gas company service sub-platform and the social operator service sub-platform; and that the management platform judges whether to send a valve closing instruction to the gas meter or not via at least one of the plurality of sensor network sub-platforms comprises:
the management platform judges whether the change of the gas usage data of the gas meter continues or not within a preset observation duration; if the change of the gas usage data of the gas meter continues, the management platform sends the valve closing instruction to the gas meter via at least one of the plurality of sensor network sub-platforms; and the management platform sends the prompt information to both the gas company service sub-platform and the social operator service sub-platform.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The IoT system according to claim 13, wherein if the change of the gas usage data of the gas meter stops within the preset observation duration, the management platform does not send the valve closing instruction.