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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Steven B. Leeb, Belmont, MA (US);
James Paris, Boston, MA (US);
John Sebastian Donnal, Cambridge, MA (US);
Jinyeong Moon, Cambridge, MA (US);
Christopher Schantz, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/30 (2006.01); G01D 5/16 (2006.01); G01R 33/09 (2006.01); G01R 21/08 (2006.01); G01R 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/16 (2013.01); G01R 15/207 (2013.01); G01R 21/08 (2013.01); G01R 33/098 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for non-intrusive monitoring by sensing physical parameters such as electric and/or magnetic fields. Such apparatus and techniques may find application in a variety of fields, such as monitoring consumption of electricity, water, etc., in homes or businesses, for example, or industrial process monitoring.