Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gas meter management system
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Application No.: US16617465Application Date: 2018-06-22
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Publication No.: US11002561B2Publication Date: 2021-05-11
- Inventor: Akiyoshi Kawauchi , Yoshikuni Tamura , Nobuaki Murabayashi , Tadanori Shirasawa
- Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.
- Priority: JPJP2017-128359 20170630
- International Application: PCT/JP2018/023798 WO 20180622
- International Announcement: WO2019/004079 WO 20190103
- Main IPC: G01D4/00
- IPC: G01D4/00 ; G01D3/036 ; G08B21/16 ; G08B23/00 ; H04Q9/00

Abstract:
Gas meter and center device are included. Gas meter is installed in a residence or the like of each customer, and includes flow rate measurer. Center device collects information obtained by gas meter. In addition, center device manages positional information indicating a position of gas meter, and displays information including a result of analyzing information obtained from gas meter, together with the position of gas meter on a map. By employing this configuration, the information obtained from gas meter is collected by center device, and information based on collected data is displayed on a map on which gas meter is positioned. This enables the information obtained from gas meter to be visually reported.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200182654A1 GAS METER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2020-06-11
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