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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2009
Sayre Swarztrauber, New York, NY (US);
Doron Shafrir, Suffern, NY (US);
Siddharth Malik, New York, NY (US);
Robert Hayward, Belleville, CA;
Sayre Swarztrauber, New York, NY (US);
Doron Shafrir, Suffern, NY (US);
Siddharth Malik, New York, NY (US);
Robert Hayward, Belleville, CA;
Quadlogic Controls Corporation, Long Island City, NY (US);
Abstract
A device for measuring electricity usage is disclosed. The device is capable of remote disconnection via power line communication and detecting electricity theft, tampering, and reverse voltage. In another aspect, the device is capable of multi-channel metering of electricity, using: (a) a meter head operable to measure electricity usage for a plurality of electricity consumer lines; (b) a transponder operable to transmit data received from the meter head via power line communication to a remotely located computer, and to transmit data received via power line communication from the remotely located computer to the meter head; and (c) a load control module operable to actuate connection and disconnection of each of a plurality of relays, each relay of the plurality of relays corresponding to one of the plurality of electricity consumer lines.