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.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 12, 2018
Publication date:
July 19, 2018
Applicant:
DataFlyte, Inc.
Inventors:
Martin L. Bauer, Daniel L. Nower, John M. Dischner, Daniel J. Morse, Matthew S. Williamson, W. Scott McDonald
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.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 9, 2014
Date of Patent:
March 13, 2018
Assignee:
Dataflyte, Inc.
Inventors:
Martin L. Bauer, Daniel L. Nower, John M. Dischner, Daniel J. Morse, Matthew S Williamson, W Scott McDonald
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.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 9, 2014
Publication date:
June 11, 2015
Applicant:
DATAFLYTE, INC.
Inventors:
Martin L. Bauer, Daniel L. Nower, John M. Dischner, Daniel J. Morse