US 11,991,490 B2
Relative adaptive encoding
Micheal M. Austin, South Jordan, UT (US); and Kody Shook Brown, West Jordan, UT (US)
Assigned to Vutility, Inc., Sandy, UT (US)
Filed by Vutility, Inc., Sandy, UT (US)
Filed on Sep. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/948,114.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/261,401, filed on Sep. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0089602 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H03M 1/18 (2006.01); G08C 19/00 (2006.01); H03M 1/06 (2006.01); H04Q 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04Q 9/00 (2013.01) [G08C 19/00 (2013.01); H03M 1/0617 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electricity usage monitor comprising:
a coupling component to attach the electricity usage monitor to a monitored electrical circuit;
a measuring device to monitor electricity usage of the electrical circuit;
an encoder to receive, from the measuring device, an electricity usage measurement to generate a measurement transmission based on the electricity usage measurement, the measurement transmission comprising an arrangement of bits that represents a range of measurements that includes the electricity usage measurement, wherein the range of measurements is one of a plurality of ranges of measurements, the plurality of ranges of measurements comprising a prime band and a plurality of excursion bands, wherein the prime band includes a first subset of the plurality of ranges of measurements having a first degree of precision and comprises an anticipated electricity usage measurement, and wherein each excursion band of the plurality of excursion bands includes a subset of the plurality of ranges of measurements having a degree of precision less than the first degree of precision; and
a communication interface configured to receive the measurement transmission from the encoder and to transmit the measurement transmission into a communication network for communication to a destination on the communication network.