Dual magnetic field sensor unit

Details Dual magnetic field sensor unit Dual magnetic field sensor unit

2007-07-17

2007-07-17

Wong, Albert K. (Department: 2612)

Communications: electrical

Continuously variable indicating

With meter reading

C073S275000, C073S861750, C073S861780, C307S127000, C307S106000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11056676

ABSTRACT:
The present inventions relate to a method and apparatus for adding Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) capabilities to utility meters that generate a magnetic field comprising magnetic flux that varies proportionally with the rate of resource consumption. The apparatus comprises a dual magnetic field sensor unit for detecting variations in the magnetic flux density for the magnetic field. The sensor unit may be compact in size so that it can be positioned within a utility meter. The sensor unit may be operatively connected to a data-unit located outside the utility meter. The data unit may be further configured for storing processed or unprocessed sensor signals and is connected to a transmitter.To minimize power consumption, the magnetic field sensors may be configured to have sensor on times and sensor off times. The on/off state of the magnetic field sensors may be controlled by either a dedicated sensor controller or the data unit.

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