Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical meter reader apparatus, system and method for data collection
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Application No.: US16964775Application Date: 2019-02-05
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Publication No.: US11428542B2Publication Date: 2022-08-30
- Inventor: Raeece Naeem Mohamed Ghazzali , Prabhu Murugesan
- Applicant: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Applicant Address: SA Thuwal
- Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Current Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Current Assignee Address: SA Thuwal
- Agency: Patent Portfolio Builders PLLC
- International Application: PCT/IB2019/050921 WO 20190205
- International Announcement: WO2019/162785 WO 20190829
- Main IPC: G01D4/00
- IPC: G01D4/00 ; G06K7/00

Abstract:
An optical meter reader apparatus for reading data from a meter includes a housing; a housing extension connected to the housing, the housing extension having a flat face; a first slot formed on the flat face; a second slot formed on the flat face; and an optical communication module located within the housing and the housing extension and configured to exchange information with the meter using infrared waves.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210055127A1 OPTICAL METER READER APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA COLLECTION Public/Granted day:2021-02-25
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