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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 13, 2020
Applicant:

Vaughn Realty Ventures Llc, Great Falls, VA (US);

Inventors:

William J. Raduchel, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Bradley Moser Vaughn, Burlingame, CA (US);

Assignee:

Vaughn Realty Ventures LLC, Great Falls, VA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 23/00 (2006.01); G01F 1/66 (2022.01); H04Q 9/00 (2006.01); G01F 1/696 (2006.01); G01F 15/075 (2006.01); G01F 15/063 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/666 (2013.01); G01F 1/696 (2013.01); H04Q 9/00 (2013.01); G01F 15/063 (2013.01); G01F 15/0755 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/40 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/60 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for metering water are disclosed. In some implementations, audio energy corresponding to a flow of material in a pipe that meets a threshold audio energy is detected using a sensor of a batter-operated device connected to the pipe. One or more components of the battery-operated device are activated in response to detecting the audio energy that meets the threshold audio energy. Audio data corresponding to the flow of material in the pipe is collected using the sensor in response to detecting the audio energy that meets the threshold audio energy. The audio data is analyzed using a processing component of the batter-operated device to determine one or more events. An indication of the one or more events is transmitted to an external computing system in response to determining the one or more events.


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