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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2021
Uipco, Llc, San Antonio, TX (US);
Kelsey Anne O'Brien, Austin, TX (US);
Meredith Beveridge, Morrison, CO (US);
Eric David Schroeder, San Antonio, TX (US);
Manfred Amann, San Antonio, TX (US);
Matthew Ryan Santacroce, San Antonio, TX (US);
Kelly Q. Baker, San Antonio, TX (US);
Donnette L. Moncrief Brown, San Antonio, TX (US);
Justin Dax Haslam, San Antonio, TX (US);
Timothy Frank Davison, San Antonio, TX (US);
United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US);
Abstract
A method and system of identifying a location of an obstruction site in a plumbing system is disclosed. The system and method are configured to allow for the deployment of a smart sensor device into a pipeline and transmit data regarding its location and external conditions to a nearby monitoring device. Upon arriving at an obstruction in the pipeline, the sensor device can automatically transmit a signal indicating the current location of the sensor device.