Patent ID: 9661403
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: G07B,G07C,H04Q

Claim:
1. A meter cover comprising: a) a removable cover housing configured to accommodate an upper portion of internal components of an existing meter, the cover housing engageable with a housing base of the existing meter to cover and enclose the internal components of the existing meter, wherein the cover housing comprises left and right flares, protruding at least partially to the left and right, respectively, from the removable cover housing and adapted to house one or more sensors; b) one or more sensors affixed to the left flare of the cover housing and housed in the left flare to collect information pertaining to the presence of an object in a first local external environment to the left of the existing meter and one or more sensors affixed to the right flare of the cover housing and housed in the right flare to collect information pertaining to the presence of an object in a second local external environment to the right of the existing meter, wherein the one or more sensors affixed to the left flare of the cover housing and the one or more sensors affixed to the right flare of the cover housing operate independently of each other; and c) a wireless radio affixed to the cover housing, the wireless radio configured to transmit the information pertaining to the first and second local external environments to the existing meter or to a remote server in communication with the existing meter.