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US 11,796,347 B2Granted
System and method for providing flow rate information
AssigneeBadger Meter, Inc.
InventorsJohn A. Olson, Ryan M. Beverung, Christpher T. Niemuth
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Abstract
A utility metering system configured to provide flow rate information is described that includes a utility meter and a utility metering endpoint. The utility meter is configured to generate and report a flow rate as a percentage of the maximum flow rate of the meter.
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A utility metering system configured to provide flow rate information, comprising:
- a utility meter including a flow sensor and a meter processor;
- and
- a utility metering endpoint in communication with the utility meter through a 3-wire encoder cable using a 3-wire serial interface protocol,
- wherein the meter processor of the utility meter is configured to generate and report a flow rate as a percentage of a maximum flow rate of the meter to an encoder processor of the utility meter endpoint through the 3-wire encoder cable using the 3-wire serial interface protocol,
- further wherein generating and reporting the flow rate as the percentage of the maximum flow rate of the meter includes aggregating flow rate over a defined time period at the utility meter using the flow sensor and the meter processor and configuring the meter processor to generate the flow rate percentage as the percentage of the maximum flow rate of the meter.
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A utility metering method for providing flow rate information between a utility meter and a utility metering endpoint, comprising:
- aggregating flow rate over a defined time period at the utility meter using a flow sensor and a meter processor;
- at a termination of the defined time period, configuring the meter processor to generate a flow rate percentage of the aggregated flow rate in comparison to a maximum flow rate for the utility meter;
- and
- transmitting the flow rate percentage from the meter processor to an endpoint processor of the utility metering endpoint through a 3-wire encoder cable using a 3-wire serial interface protocol.
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A utility metering system configured to provide flow rate information, comprising:
- a solid-state utility meter including a flow sensor and a meter processor configured to continuously measure flow rate and update an average flow rate over a measuring period;
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- a utility metering endpoint in communication with the utility meter through a 3-wire encoder cable using a 3-wire serial interface protocol,
- wherein the meter processor of the utility meter is configured to periodically generate a flow rate percentage for the measuring period by aggregating flow rate over the measuring period at the utility meter using the flow sensor and the meter processor and
- configuring the meter processor to generate the flow rate percentage as a percentage of a maximum flow rate of the meter for communication to the utility metering endpoint to an encoder processor of the utility metering endpoint through the 3-wire encoder cable using the 3-wire serial interface protocol.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.