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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2014
Applicant:
Basic Electronics, Inc., Garden Grove, CA (US);
Inventors:
Alfiero F. Balzano, Garden Grove, CA (US);
Armando Benavides, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
Basic Electronics, Inc., Garden Grove, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 29/00 (2006.01); G08C 19/16 (2006.01); G01D 4/00 (2006.01); H04Q 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 4/004 (2013.01); G01D 4/008 (2013.01); H04Q 9/00 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/40 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/60 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/886 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a remote meter reading method and system of the type that may be poled by wireless communication. Other remote reading systems require a periodic change of batteries used to supply the power to the communication and other systems used in the remote meters. The present invention mitigates this need by using the water and gas flow into homes or other buildings to generate power used to recharge those batteries.