Global Patent Index - EP 2232454 A1

EP 2232454 A1 20100929 - A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING TAMPERING OF A UTILITY METER

Title (en)

A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING TAMPERING OF A UTILITY METER

Title (de)

SYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUM DETEKTIEREN VON MANIPULATION EINES VERSORGUNGSZÄHLERS

Title (fr)

SYSTÈME ET PROCÉDÉ DE DÉTECTION DE LA FALSIFICATION D'UN COMPTEUR D'ÉNERGIE

Publication

EP 2232454 A1 20100929 (EN)

Application

EP 08866536 A 20081223

Priority

  • US 2008088253 W 20081223
  • US 909607 P 20071226

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2009086432A1] A tamper alarm circuit for detecting a tampered condition of a utility meter is disclosed. The tamper alarm circuit has a transducer coupled to an amplification circuit which is coupled to a detection circuit, the detection circuit generating an alarm condition when the detection circuit determines that a voltage signal generated by the transducer and amplified by the amplification circuit has reached a predetermined threshold.

IPC 8 full level

G01D 5/00 (2006.01); G01F 15/00 (2006.01); G01F 25/00 (2006.01); G01R 11/24 (2006.01); G01R 21/133 (2006.01); G08B 23/00 (2006.01); G08B 29/04 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G01D 4/02 (2013.01); G01R 11/25 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

AL BA MK RS

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2009086432 A1 20090709; AU 2008345078 A1 20090709; AU 2008345078 B2 20130117; CA 2710919 A1 20090709; CA 2710919 C 20130813; EP 2232454 A1 20100929; EP 2232454 A4 20110105; NZ 586050 A 20130426

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 2008088253 W 20081223; AU 2008345078 A 20081223; CA 2710919 A 20081223; EP 08866536 A 20081223; NZ 58605008 A 20081223