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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2013
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Anand Dabak, Plano, TX (US);
Clive Bittlestone, Allen, TX (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/66 (2006.01); G01F 15/06 (2006.01); H04Q 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/66 (2013.01); G01F 1/667 (2013.01); G01F 15/061 (2013.01); H04Q 9/00 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/60 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flow meter ultrasonically measures fluid velocity in a pipe and ultrasonically transmits fluid flow data along the pipe. An ultrasonic transducer used for fluid velocity measurement may optionally also be used for communication of flow data, and optionally, the ultrasonic frequency for fluid velocity measurement may be the same as the ultrasonic frequency for communication of flow data.