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Sensing events affecting liquid flow in a liquid distribution system

  • US 9,250,105 B2
  • Filed: 05/07/2013
  • Issued: 02/02/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for monitoring a flow of water in a pipe system of a structure, the pipe system is coupled between a water source and two or more water fixtures, the apparatus comprising:

  • a processing module configured to run on a computational unit; and

    a sensing device comprising;

    one or more pressure sensors configured to provide one or more pressure measurements and convert the one or more pressure measurements to one or more digital pressure measurement signals,wherein;

    the one or more pressure sensors are configured to couple to at least one of the pipe system of the structure or the two or more water fixtures;

    the one or more pressure sensors are coupled to the pipe system of the structure or the two or more water fixtures such that the one or more pressure sensors are not coupled to the pipe system between a first one of the two or more water fixtures and the water source;

    the sensing device is further configured to communicate the one or more digital pressure measurement signals to the computational unit; and

    the processing module is configured to determine at least a first individual water flow amount usage by the first one of the two or more water fixtures and a second individual water flow amount usage by a second one of the two or more water fixtures based on the one or more digital pressure measurement signals.

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