Patent ID: 11910291
Assignee: MERO TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H  A | IPC G  H

Claim 17:
18. A method for remote monitoring of at least one parameter of a facility, comprising:
disposing a material sensor in or on a container of the facility, wherein the material sensor includes a sensing device that directly senses a level of a material in the container at a selected period of time according to a sleep and wake schedule;
calibrating the material sensor using a calibration procedure implemented by an algorithm executed by a microcontroller, including:
obtaining a first sensed level of the material in the container from the sensing device;
storing the first sensed level of the material;
obtaining a second sensed level of the material in the container from the sensing device;
storing the second sensed level of the material;

wherein the microcontroller calculates an actual amount of the material in the container by comparing the directly sensed level of material in the container with the stored first and second sensed levels of the material in the container;
using a communications device to transmit data relating to the stored first and second sensed levels of the material in the container and the calculated actual amount of the material in the container to a base station at the selected period of time according to the sleep and wake schedule;
using the microcontroller to execute a control algorithm that implements the sleep and wake schedule and that controls operation of the sensing device and the communications device; and
using a processor in the base station to perform one or more operations based on the data;
wherein one said operation comprises sending a notification advising of the calculated actual amount of the material in the container to a user.