US 12,224,584 B2
Detecting hot socket conditions in utility electricity meters
Vladimir Borisov, Seneca, SC (US); and Matthieu Pichot, Paris (FR)
Assigned to ITRON, INC., Liberty Lake, WA (US)
Filed by ITRON, INC., Liberty Lake, WA (US)
Filed on May 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/735,457.
Application 17/735,457 is a continuation of application No. 16/869,509, filed on May 7, 2020, granted, now 11,342,789.
Prior Publication US 2022/0263343 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. H02J 13/00 (2006.01); G01R 19/25 (2006.01); G06Q 50/06 (2024.01)
CPC H02J 13/00034 (2020.01) [G01R 19/2513 (2013.01); G06Q 50/06 (2013.01); H02J 13/00002 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
acquiring, by an electricity meter, first signal readings of one or more first noise signals associated with a first type of network communications between the electricity meter and one or more first devices;
acquiring, by the electricity meter, second signal readings for one or more second noise signals associated with a second type of network communications between the electricity meter and one or more second devices, the second type of network communications being different from the first type of network communications;
performing, by the electricity meter, one or more operations on the first signal readings and the second signal readings to determine whether a hot socket condition is present; and
performing, by the electricity meter, a remedial operation in response to determining that the one or more operations indicate that the hot socket condition is present.