Water flow sensor and monitoring system comprising a water flow sensor
OwnerCraig Miller, Michael Sturdevant +1inventors
InventorsCRAIG MILLER, MICHAEL STURDEVANT, WILLIAM KAIGLER
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Abstract
A sensor system to monitor water usage in a conduit system includes at least one acoustic sensor adapted to be placed in operative connection with a conduit of the conduit system, a power supply, a processor system in communicative connection with the acoustic sensor, and a communication system in communicative connection with the processor system. The sensor system is adapted to determine from output from the acoustic sensor at least start of flow and cessation of flow in the conduit system.
Claims33
A sensor system to monitor water usage in a conduit system, comprising:
- at least one acoustic sensor adapted to be placed in operative connection with the conduit system, a power supply, a processor system in communicative connection with the acoustic sensor, and a communication system in communicative connection with the processor system, the sensor system being adapted to determine from output from the acoustic sensor at least start of flow and cessation of flow in the conduit system.
A system for monitoring wellness of a person, comprising:
- a local system in the vicinity of the person comprising:
- a plurality of sensor systems, each of the plurality of sensor systems being associated with at least one monitored system to monitor changes in state of the monitored systems caused by activity or lack of activity of the person, at least one of the plurality of sensor systems being a water usage sensor system comprising an acoustic sensor adapted to be placed in operative connection with a conduit system, a processor system in communicative connection with the acoustic sensor, the water usage sensor system being adapted to determine at least a start of flow and an end of flow in the conduit system, and a communication in communicative connection with the processor system;
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- a local data communication device in communicative connection with each of the plurality of sensor system to receive data from each of the plurality of sensor systems.
A system for monitoring wellness of a person, comprising:
- a sensor system to monitor water usage in a conduit system comprising at least one acoustic sensor adapted to be placed in operative connection with the conduit system, a power supply, a processor system in communicative connection with the acoustic sensor, and a communication system in communicative connection with the processor system, the sensor system being adapted to determine from output from the acoustic sensor at least start of flow and cessation of flow in the conduit system.
A method of sensing water usage, comprising:
- providing at least one acoustic sensor in operative connection with a conduit system, providing a processor system in communicative connection with the acoustic sensor, and determining from output from the acoustic sensor, at least start of flow and cessation of flow in the conduit system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.