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Data collection system and method for collecting utility consumption data

A public utility and data technology, applied in signal transmission systems, electrical signal transmission systems, information technology support systems, etc., can solve problems such as laborious, expensive, time-consuming, etc., to minimize other transmission interference, improve service life, and reduce the effect of the possibility

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-05-28
ARAD MEASURING TECH
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Reading such utility meters individually is time consuming, laborious and expensive, so many meter reading systems are designed to allow automatic reading

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[0029] 1 and 2 show in block diagram form one form of a data collection system constructed in accordance with the present invention for collecting utility consumption data at a central office from a large number of consuming sites. Figure 1 shows the entire system, while Figure 2 shows the installations at each consumption site in Figure 1.

[0030] Therefore, as shown in FIG. 1, the data collection system shown includes a large number of meter reading devices 2a, 2b --- 2n at a large number of utility consumption sites, used to measure the utility consumption of the respective sites and pass a long-distance wireless Transmission channels 4a-4n transmit utility consumption data to central station 3 located remotely. Each device 2a-2n also transmits the respective site's utility consumption data to the mobile or drive receiver 5 via the short-range wireless transmission channel 6a-6n, respectively. The utility consumption measured at each site can be wat...

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A system and method for collecting, at a central station, utility consumption data from a plurality of sites, by a meter unit and a booster unit for each site. The meter unit includes a measuring device for measuring the utility consumption at the respective site; a storage device for storing the measured utility consumption during successive relatively-short time intervals; and a short-range transceiver. This booster unit includes a short-range transceiver for communication with the short-range transceiver of the meter unit at the respective site via a short-range transmission channel; and a long-range transmitter for transmitting utility consumption data to the central station via a long-range transmission channel. The system further includes a control system periodically activating the booster unit from a relatively long sleep state, to a relatively short active state during which the booster unit receives from its respective meter unit, via the short-range transmission channel, the utility consumption data stored therein during the preceding sleep state of the booster unit; and transmits the received utility consumption data to the central station via the long-range transmission channel.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a data collection system and method for collecting utility consumption data at a central location from a bulk consumption site. Background technique [0002] Different types of utility consumption, such as water, electricity, oil and gas, are usually metered by utility meters located at the respective consumption sites. Reading such utility meters individually is time consuming, laborious and expensive, so many meter reading systems have been devised to allow automatic reading. A common technique, such as that described in U.S. Patent No. 6,819,292, is to incorporate transponders in utility meters that can be activated when needed to read mobile data over a wireless short-range channel. The unit sends the meter reading, and the mobile reading unit can then transmit this information to a central station over a long-distance transmission channel or telephone line. Another technique used is for each utility meter to send...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G08C17/00G08C19/00
CPCY02B90/243G01D4/004Y02B90/242Y04S20/322G01D4/006Y04S20/325Y02B90/20Y04S20/30
Inventor D·温特
Owner ARAD MEASURING TECH
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