APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING GAS USAGE

An apparatus configured to detect gas usage by two or more gas appliances. The apparatus can include a processing module configured to run on a computational unit. The apparatus also can include a sensing unit configured to be coupled to a gas regulator. The sensing unit can include at least one aco...

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Hauptverfasser:	REYNOLDS, Matthew, S, PATEL, Shwetak, N, GUPTA, Sidhant
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVEREDIN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS BLASTING COMBUSTION APPARATUS COMBUSTION PROCESSES DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION FEEDING FUEL TO COMBUSTION APPARATUS HEATING LIGHTING MEASURING MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUIDLEVEL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING METERING BY VOLUME OTHER DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES PHYSICS RANGES REGULATING OR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION TARIFF METERING APPARATUS TESTING VENTILATING WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	An apparatus configured to detect gas usage by two or more gas appliances. The apparatus can include a processing module configured to run on a computational unit. The apparatus also can include a sensing unit configured to be coupled to a gas regulator. The sensing unit can include at least one acoustic sensor configured to detect two or more acoustic signals produced by the gas regulator and convert the two or more acoustic signals into one or more first digital acoustic data signals. The sensing unit also can include a transmitter electrically coupled to the at least one acoustic sensor and configured to transmit the one or more first digital acoustic data signals to the computational unit. The processing module can be configured to use the one or more first digital acoustic data signals to determine an individual gas usage by each of the two or more gas appliances coupled to the gas regulator based upon the two or more acoustic signals produced by the gas regulator. Other embodiments are disclosed.