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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2014
Applicant:
Mueller International, Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Szabolcs Zigovszki, Mableton, GA (US);
Ian Phillip Harvey, Bristol, GB;
Francis J. Stifter, Jr., Hampton Falls, NH (US);
Assignee:
Mueller International, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 4/00 (2006.01); G01D 3/08 (2006.01); G01J 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/0204 (2013.01); G01D 3/08 (2013.01); G01D 4/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Technologies are described herein for activating one or more operating modes of a register in a meter. The register is operated in a first mode. Light detections indicating whether the register is exposed to light or isolated from light are read. It is determined whether a condition is met based on the light detections. Upon determining that the condition is met, operating the register in a second mode.