Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for fluid flow rate measurement
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Application No.: US15527691Application Date: 2016-05-13
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Publication No.: US10422674B2Publication Date: 2019-09-24
- Inventor: Brian Gestner
- Applicant: Reliance Worldwide Corporation
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: Reliance Worldwide Corporation
- Current Assignee: Reliance Worldwide Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2016/032401 WO 20160513
- International Announcement: WO2016/187020 WO 20161124
- Main IPC: G01F1/66
- IPC: G01F1/66 ; G01M3/28 ; F17D1/00

Abstract:
A fluid flow meter system for monitoring fluid flow through a lumen includes a first ultrasonic transducer configured to transmit one or more versions of a transmit (TX) signal through a fluid flowing within the lumen, and a second ultrasonic transducer configured to receive one or more respective receive (RX) signals. The fluid flow meter system includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) configured to sample, at a first frequency, the one or more RX ultrasonic signals and a processor configured to generate a fine resolution signal based on the one or more RX ultrasonic signals. The fine resolution signal is associated with a second sampling rate higher than the first sampling rate. The processor is also configured to compute a cross-correlation signal indicative of cross-correlation between the fine resolution signal and a waveform and determine an estimated fluid flow parameter based on the computed cross-correlation signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180164136A1 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FLUID FLOW RATE MEASUREMENT Public/Granted day:2018-06-14
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