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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2008
Youichi Itou, Nara, JP;
Hajime Miyata, Nara, JP;
Yasuhiro Umekage, Shiga, JP;
Kenichi Kamon, Nara, JP;
Youichi Itou, Nara, JP;
Hajime Miyata, Nara, JP;
Yasuhiro Umekage, Shiga, JP;
Kenichi Kamon, Nara, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A fluid measurement apparatus capable of accurately determining an activated appliance is provided. A flow measurement apparatushas a flow measurement unitthat measures an amount of fluid flowing through a passageway, a determination zone storage unitthat allocates and stores a flow measured by the flow measurement unitinto determination zones classified by combination of a plurality of conditions; a grouping unitthat groups determination zones according to appliances to be used on the basis of determination-zone-specific storage values stored in the determination zone storage unitand that registers the grouped determination zones; and an integration unitthat integrates a flow value for each of the determination zones registered by the grouping unit. Thus, a flow is integrated for each determination zone grouped according to an appliance. An appliance is determined by reference to a database including the integrated data.