EP 0617391 B1 20021204 - Apparatus for central acquisition of energy consumption costs
Title (en)
Apparatus for central acquisition of energy consumption costs
Title (de)
Anlage zur zentralen Erfassung von Energieverbrauchskosten
Title (fr)
Installation pour la saisie centrale des frais de consommation d'énergie
Publication
Application
Priority
DE 4309589 A 19930322
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP0617391A1] The invention relates to an installation for splitting up the consumption, in particular with respect to the heating costs and hot-water costs. The installation is equipped for central acquisition, the individual measurement points 1, which automatically measure the consumption of the consumers monitored by them, sporadically transmitting the consumption values, measured by them in the meantime, to an external central station which carries out the evaluation and issues the consumer bills. This is done without wires by radio contact, using frequencies licensed by telecom. For this purpose, the external central station is assigned a suitable radio receiver. The data emission at the measuring points 1 (consumption distributors) is triggered by a random generator assigned to each device, which initiates the data emission after certain time intervals in accordance with a statistical probability, which is then repeated directly a number of times by the electronic system of the consumption distributor so as to avoid possible disturbing influences on the data transmission. Together with the measured consumption values, during the data emission all the other characteristic data necessary to define the measuring point unambiguously are simultaneously transmitted during the radio transmission. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G07F 15/00 (2006.01); G08C 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
G07F 15/00 (2013.01); G08C 15/00 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT CH DK FR LI
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0617391 A1 19940928; EP 0617391 B1 20021204; AT E229210 T1 20021215; DE 4409803 A1 19940929
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 94104565 A 19940322; AT 94104565 T 19940322; DE 4409803 A 19940322