Telemetry system

• US 9,813,785 B2
• Filed: 11/15/2016
• Issued: 11/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LSIS Co. Ltd. (LS Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LSIS Co. Ltd. (LS Corporation)
• Inventors: Jang, Sung-Jin
• Primary Examiner(s): FILE, ERIN M
• Application Number:
  US15/351,509
• Publication Number:
  US 20170245026A1
• Time in Patent Office: 357 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 4/004 Remote reading of utility meters to a fixed location
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/43 using wireless personal area networks [WPAN], e.g. 802.15, 802.15.1, 802.15.4, Bluetooth or ZigBee
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/82 where the sensing device takes the initiative of sending data
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 90/20 Smart grids as enabling technology in buildings sector smart grids supporting the management or operation of end-user stationary applications in general, or like technologies with no associated climate change mitigation effect Y04S20/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/30 Smart metering, e.g. specially adapted for remote reading

Abstract

A telemetry system includes: a plurality of meters; a data reader configured to acquire meter reading information for each of the meters; a transmitter configured to receive the meter reading information for each of the meters acquired through the data reader and transmit a corresponding Bluetooth beacon signal; a receiver configured to receive transmission information from the transmitter; and a meter reading server configured to manage the meter reading information for each of the meters based on the transmission information received through the receiver.

Claims

1. A telemetry system connected to a plurality of meters for remote metering, the telemetry system comprising:

a data reader configured to acquire meter reading information for each of the meters;

a transmitter configured to receive the meter reading information for each of the meters acquired through the data reader and transmit a corresponding signal;

a receiver configured to receive transmission information from the transmitter; and

a meter reading server configured to manage the meter reading information for each of the meters based on the transmission information received through the receiver,

wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit the meter reading information to a corresponding Bluetooth beacon signal using a Bluetooth beacon technique that is a Bluetooth 4.0 protocol-based NFC (Near-Field Communication) technique.

2. The telemetry system according to claim 1, wherein the data reader and the transmitter are configured in an integrated form, and

wherein the data reader acquires the meter reading information from each of the meters periodically.

3. The telemetry system according to claim 1, wherein the receiver receives and processes the transmission information transmitted from a plurality of transmitters.

4. The telemetry system according to claim 1, wherein the meter reading server performs management for each of the meters based on information delivered from a plurality of receivers.

5. A telemetry system connected to a plurality of meters for remote metering, the telemetry system comprising:

a plurality of transmitters attached respectively to the meters and configured to receive meter reading information of the meters and transmit a corresponding signal;

a data relay configured to relay transmission information transmitted from the plurality of transmitters;

a receiver configured to receive the transmission information relayed through the data relay; and

a meter reading server configured to manage the meter reading information for each of the meters based on the transmission information received through the receiver,

wherein the transmitters are configured to transmit the meter reading information to a corresponding Bluetooth beacon signal using a Bluetooth beacon technique that is a Bluetooth 4.0 protocol-based NFC (Near-Field Communication) technique.

6. The telemetry system according to claim 5, wherein the transmission information includes the meter reading information of the meters and identification information generated based on positional information of the meters.

7. The telemetry system according to claim 5, wherein the transmitters acquire the meter reading information from the meters periodically.

8. The telemetry system according to claim 5, wherein the receiver receives and processes the transmission information transmitted from a plurality of data relays.

9. The telemetry system according to claim 5, wherein the meter reading server performs management for each of the meters based on information delivered from a plurality of receivers.