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Apparatus and method for monitoring a variety of resource consumption meters

  • US 8,085,164 B2
  • Filed: 12/13/2006
  • Issued: 12/27/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for attachment to a resource consumption meter emitting a digital or analog consumption signal having a frequency indicative of a rate of a resource being metered by the resource consumption meter, said apparatus comprising:

  • a. at least one signal detector for optically detecting said digital or analog consumption signal from said resource consumption meter; and

    b. a circuit operatively connected to said at least one signal detector for determining a type of the consumption signal and processing said consumption signal in accordance with the type to produce a human readable output indicating a state of the resource consumption meter.

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