REMOTE GAS METERING DEVICE

• Main Author: CHO, Sung-Sil
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; Korean
• Published: 28.02.2019
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVEREDIN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; BLASTING; HEATING; LIGHTING; MEASURING; MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUIDLEVEL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METERING BY VOLUME; PHYSICS; PIPE-LINE SYSTEMS; PIPE-LINES; SIGNALLING; STORING OF DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; TESTING; TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURED VALUES, CONTROL OR SIMILARSIGNALS; WEAPONS

The present invention relates to a remote gas metering device wherein numerals on a metering panel of a meter for displaying the amount of gas consumed after being supplied from an LPG gas container to a place of consumption (a house or a commercial venue) are reflected on a reflecting mirror, the numerals reflected on the reflecting mirror are photographed by a camera, and the obtained image data is transmitted to a computer of a gas supplier at a remote location. A remote gas metering device according to the present invention is characterized in that a reflecting mirror (30) is positioned at the same height as that of a metering panel (11) of a meter (10) for displaying the amount of gas consumed after being supplied to a place of consumption and is arranged to be adjacent to and to slope toward the metering panel (11); numerals on the metering panel (11) of the meter (10) are reflected on the reflecting mirror (30); a camera (40) is arranged below the reflecting mirror (30) so as to face the reflecting mirror (30) such that the camera (40) photographs the numerals on the metering panel (11) reflected on the reflecting mirror (30); the image obtained by the camera (40) is transmitted to a computer of the gas supplier; and the computer of the gas supplier reads the numerals from the image and calculates the amount of gas consumed at the place of consumption. L'invention concerne un dispositif de mesure de gaz à distance dans lequel des chiffres, figurant sur un panneau de dosage d'un compteur pour afficher la quantité de gaz consommée après fourniture du gaz d'un récipient de gaz GPL à un lieu de consommation (maison ou lieu de vente), sont réfléchis sur un miroir réfléchissant; les chiffres réfléchis sur le miroir réfléchissant sont photographiés par une caméra; et les données d'image obtenues sont transmises à un ordinateur d'un fournisseur de gaz à un emplacement distant. Selon l'invention, un dispositif de mesure de gaz à distance se caractérise en ce qu'un miroir réfléchissant (30) est placé à la même hauteur qu'un panneau de mesure (11) d'un compteur (10) pour afficher la quantité de gaz consommée après fourniture à un emplacement de consommation, et agencé adjacent à et incliné vers le panneau de mesure (11); des chiffres figurant sur le panneau de mesure (11) du compteur (10) sont réfléchis sur le miroir réfléchissant (30); une caméra (40) est disposée en dessous du miroir réfléchissant (30) de manière à faire face à celui-ci (30), de sorte que la caméra (40) photographie les chiffres figurant sur le panneau de mesure (11) réfléchi sur le miroir réfléchissant (30); l'image obtenue par la caméra (40) est transmise à un ordinateur du fournisseur de gaz; et l'ordinateur du fournisseur de gaz lit les chiffres à partir de l'image et calcule la quantité de gaz consommée à l'emplacement de consommation. 본 발명은 LPG 가스통에서 사용처(가정 및 업소)로 공급된 가스 사용량을 표시하는 계량기의 계량판의 숫자가 반사경에 비춰지며, 반사경에 비춰진 숫자를 카메라가 촬영하여, 촬영한 영상 데이터를 원격지에 있는 가스 공급자의 컴퓨터로 전송하는 원격 가스 검침장치에 관한 것이다. 본 발명에 따른 원격 가스 검침장치는 사용처로 공급된 가스 사용량을 표시하는 계량기(10)의 계기판(11)과 같은 높이의 위치에서 근접하게 반사경(30)이 계기판(11)을 향해 경사지게 배치되어, 계량기(10)의 계기판(11)의 숫자가 반사경(30)에 비치게 되며, 카메라(40)가 반사경(30)을 향하도록, 반사경(30)의 하부에 카메라(40)가 배치됨으로써, 카메라(40)가 반사경(30)에 비친 계기판(11)의 숫자를 촬영하게 되고, 카메라(40)에 의해 촬영된 이미지가 가스 공급자의 컴퓨터로 전송되며, 가스 공급자의 컴퓨터가 이미지에서 숫자를 독출하여, 사용처의 가스 사용량을 연산하게 되는 것을 특징으로 한다.