US 12,259,418 B2
Low-frequency transmission monitoring system with fixed and mobile metering devices
Charles M. Roy, Jr., Waco, TX (US); and Kendol C. Everroad, Midlothian, TX (US)
Assigned to CPG Technologies, LLC, Waco, TX (US)
Filed by CPG Technologies, LLC, Italy, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/897,052.
Application 17/897,052 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/796,074, filed on Feb. 20, 2020, granted, now 11,448,677.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/296,314, filed on Jan. 4, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2022/0404411 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. G01R 29/08 (2006.01); H02J 50/20 (2016.01)
CPC G01R 29/08 (2013.01) [H02J 50/20 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a plurality of metering devices positioned along a lossy conducting medium relative to a guided surface wave transmission source, each of the plurality of metering devices being configured with at least one measurement sensor subsystem to obtain measurement data relevant to a guided surface wave from the guided surface wave transmission source and a timestamp reflecting the time when the measurement data was obtained; and
at least one mobile metering device among the plurality of metering devices deployable on request to obtain measurement data relevant to the guided surface wave to supplement the measurement data obtained by at least one additional of the plurality of metering devices, with the measurement data obtained by the at least one mobile metering device along the lossy conducting medium while deployed in motion or at rest.