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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2019
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Kenji Nagatomo, Kyoto, JP;
Yasuo Koba, Nara, JP;
Ryuji Iwamoto, Nara, JP;
Mitsunobu Enomoto, Nara, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 3/22 (2006.01); G01F 15/06 (2022.01); G08B 21/16 (2006.01); G08B 31/00 (2006.01); H04Q 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 3/221 (2013.01); G01F 15/06 (2013.01); G08B 21/16 (2013.01); G08B 31/00 (2013.01); H04Q 9/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Gas meter includes shutoff valve, return unit, flow rate measurer, display, communication unit that communicates with an outside, controller, area information setting unit, and area information comparator. The gas meter compares, by area information comparator, a preset area information held in area information setting unit with a specified value of area information added to a remote shutoff instruction received by communication unit, and when the preset area information and the specified value of the added area information match, shutoff valve is closed.