ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,048, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to KED Co. Ltd. (Gumi-si, South Korea).
"Remote metering system using an ultrasonic water meter" was invented by Tae Hwa Jung (Gumi-si, South Korea), Jung Beom Lee (Daegu, South Korea) and Jae Woo Lee (Busan, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Proposed is a remote metering system using an ultrasonic water meter, which can minimize power consumption by adopting a low power wide area communication network and a low power design optimized for a power usage according to a transmission cycle when metering data is transmitted by radio so as to extend a replacement cycle of a battery, thereby min...