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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2017
Applicant:
Itron, Inc., Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Inventor:
Philip Alan Cole, Stow, MA (US);
Assignee:
Itron, Inc., Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/24 (2006.01); G01M 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/002 (2013.01); G01M 3/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus to detect leaks based on temperature data are disclosed. A disclosed apparatus includes a storage device to store spectral recording data associated with spectral recordings measured by an acoustic sensor of a node of a utility distribution system, and temperature data associated with the utility distribution system. The disclosed apparatus also includes a processor to select a portion of the spectral recording data based on the temperature data, where the processor is to generate a data packet based on the portion, and a transceiver to transmit the data packet.