Patent ID: 11920964
Assignee: SIMPLESUB WATER
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A system for water usage detection comprising:
a fluid flow meter communicatively coupled to a network and positioned completely externally to a fluid flow pipe that delivers fluid to a unit, the fluid flow meter comprising:
a first ultrasonic transducer;
a second ultrasonic transducer; and
at least one coupling member that compresses by a fixed amount independent of an installation force over a threshold applied to the at least one coupling member to define a set distance between an outer surface of the fluid flow pipe and the first ultrasonic transducer and the second ultrasonic transducer;

one or more processors communicatively coupled to at least one of the fluid flow meter and the network, wherein the processors are configured to:
analyze an estimated fluid volume flow rate detected by the fluid flow meter to determine a fluid consumption volume for the unit over an interval;
generate a fluid consumption cost for the unit; and
output the fluid consumption cost to a user device via the network.