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5 , 2 7 8 , 5 5 1J a n . 1 1 , 1 9 9 4

[ 5 4 ] METER READING SYS TEM[ 7 5 ] I n v e n t o r s : Y o s h i o W a k a t su k i ; T o s h i h a r uO k u y a m a ; H a j i m e T a k e u c h i ; G i i c h i r o

S h i m i z u ; M i s a o S h i m i z u , a l l o fT o k y o , J a p a n[ 7 3 ] A s s i g n e e : N i t t o K o l i k i C o . , L t d . , T o k y o , J a p a n[ 2 1 ] A p p l . N o . : 4 2 , 9 1 9[ 2 2 ] F i l e d : A p r . 6 , 1 9 9 3

R e l a t e d U . S . A p p l i c a t i o n D a t a[ 6 3 ] C o n t i n u a t i o n o f S e r . N o . 7 0 0 , 8 7 7 , May 1 0 , 1 9 9 1 , a b a n

d o n e d , which i s a c o n t i n u a t i o n o f S e r . No. 4 9 2 . 0 9 9 ,M a r . 1 2 , 1 9 9 0 , a b a n d o n e d .[ 3 0 ] _ F o r e i g n A p p l i c a t i o n P r i o r i t y DataMa r . 2 0 , 1989 [ J P ] J ap a n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-es521[51] Int. c1.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. G08B3 00[ 5 2 ] U . S . C l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IMO/870.02; 340/870.05[ 5 8 ] F i e l d o f S e a r c h 2 3 5 / 3 8 0 3 8 2 . 5 , 4 5 6 , 4 6 2 , 4 7 2 ;3 6 4 / 4 6 4 . 0 4 ; 3 4 0 / 8 7 0 . 0 2 , 8 7 0 . 0 5 ; 3 4 1 / 2 2 ;3 6 8 / 4 1[ 5 6 ] References Cited

U . S . PATENT DOCUMENTS3.932.730 l/l976 Ambrosio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364/464.04X

4,727,245 2/1 98 8 Dobbins t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235/4724,746,932 5/1988 S a t o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,835,372 5/1989 Gombrich t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235/462 X

FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS3043557 4/1982 F e d . Rep. o f Germa ny .

63-257836 9/1988 Japan .1593385 7/1981 United Kingdom .2070829 9/1981 U n i t e d Kingdom .2083932 9/1982 United Kingdom .

P r i m a r y E x a m i n e r - U l y s s e s W e l d o nA t t o r n e y , A g e n t , o r Firm-Nixon & Vanderhye[ 5 7 ] ABSTRACT

e t e r a t e ac h u s e r ' s hou s e has a b ar - c o d e d user numb e r sh ow n t h e r e o n , and h a s a d i s p l a y s e c t i o n f o r d i sp l a y i n g a r e a d i n g A a t a i n p u t t e r m i n a l u n i t h a s a b a rcode r e a d e r f o r r e a d i n g t h e u s e r n um b e r and a keyboardf o r m a n u a l l y i n p u t t i n g a p r e s e n t r e a d i n g , A a t a r e c o r di n g c o n t r o l l e r h a s a meter r e a d i n g d a t a f i l e having ap r e s e n t r e a d i n g f o r e a c h u s e r n u m b e r . The d a t a i n p u tt e r m i n a l u n i t r a d i o - t r a n s m i t s a r e a d u s e r n u m b e r t o t h ed a t a r e c o r d i n g c o n t r o l l e r a n d r a d i o - r e c e i v e s a p r e v i o u sr e a d i n g , c o r r e s p o n d i n g t o t h e u s e r n u m b e r , f r o m s a i dd a t a r e c o r d i n g c o n t r o l l e r . The d a t a i n p u t t e r m i n a l u n i tcomputes t h e amount u s e d f r o m t h i s p r e v i o u s r e a d i n ga n d t h e p r e s e n t r e a d i n g m a n u a l l y i n p u t , a n d c a u s e s ap r i n t e r t o p r i n t m e t e r r e a d i n g d a t a i n c l u d i n g t h i s u s e d

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