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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2017
Applicant:
Hitachi, Ltd., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/666 (2013.01); G01F 1/667 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a fluid detection device that detects a flow velocity or a flow rate of a fluid flowing through a piping, the fluid detection device including: a sound detection unit that detects a sound from the piping, and outputs a frequency signal; a signal processing unit that calculates a strength ratio of the frequency signal on the basis of the frequency signal and a predetermined reference frequency signal; and a data conversion unit that obtains the flow velocity or the flow rate on the basis of the strength ratio of the frequency signal and a predetermined fluid characteristic function.