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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2014
Dataflyte, Inc., Knoxville, TN (US);
Martin L. Bauer, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Daniel L. Nower, Knoxville, TN (US);
John M. Dischner, Powell, TN (US);
Daniel J. Morse, Agoura Hills, CA (US);
Matthew S Williamson, Knoxville, TN (US);
W Scott McDonald, Soddy Daisy, TN (US);
Dataflyte, Inc., Knoxville, TN (US);
Abstract
A meter reading system for communicating with Automated Meter Reading meters. The system includes an airborne platform and a meter data collection system disposed on the airborne platform. The meter data collection system includes antennas, with each of the antennas pointing in a different direction, one from another, and each antenna generally pointing downward when the airborne platform is airborne. The antennas receive meter data from the meters. The meter data collection system also includes transceivers, one each of the transceivers associated with and in signal communication with one each of the antennas. The transceivers receive the meter data through the antennas. A first computer is in signal communication with the transceivers, and receives the meter data from the transceivers.