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US 2007/0033151 A1Published application
Systems, Methods, and Apparatuses for Reporting Transient Conditions in an Unattended Meter
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorRobert Lee
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and apparatuses are disclosed in which a meter may detect and record transient conditions for a billing period. The transient conditions may be stored in a queue. The meter may then obtain transient conditions that occur during a billing period. One or more transient conditions may be displayed by the meter. The meter may also communicate the transient conditions to a communications system.
Claims20
A method for recording transient conditions in a meter, comprising:
- providing a queue having a plurality of entries;
- storing one or more transient conditions for a current time period in a first entry in the queue;
- at an end of the current time period, initializing a second entry in the queue for storing transient conditions for another time period subsequent to the current time period, wherein the second entry overwrites an oldest entry in the queue;
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- presenting one or more of the identified stored transient conditions.
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A meter apparatus, comprising:
- means for detecting transient conditions;
- a memory having a plurality of records that stores detected transient conditions for a current time period in a first record in the memory;
- at an end of the current time period, means for initializing a second record in the memory for storing detected transient conditions for another time period subsequent to the current time period, wherein the second record overwrites an oldest record in the memory;
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- means for presenting one or more of the stored transient conditions.
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A system for distributing electricity, comprising:
- a plurality of customer lines for receiving electricity from a utility company;
- at least one electricity meter coupled to each customer line, wherein each electricity meter comprises:
- a processor coupled to one or more sensors for detecting transient conditions;
- a queue for storing at least a portion of the detected transient conditions;
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- a communications system that provides communications between the electricity meters and the utility company.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.