Patent ID: 9202362
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: E03B,G01N,G05B,G08B,H04M

Abstract:
1. An infrastructure monitoring system comprising: an operations center; a plurality of monitoring devices communicatively coupled to the operations center, each of the plurality of monitoring devices comprising a plurality of control devices communicatively coupled to the operations center, each of the plurality of control devices comprising wherein at least one of the plurality of monitoring devices monitors a first aspect of the infrastructure including sensing a first condition and at least one of the plurality of monitoring devices monitors a second aspect of the infrastructure including sensing a second condition and at least one of the plurality of monitoring devices monitors a third aspect of the infrastructure including sensing a third condition, wherein the infrastructure monitoring system is a fluid flow monitoring system, the infrastructure monitoring system evaluates the first sensed condition, the second sensed condition, and the third sensed condition, and determines if at least one of the first sensed condition, the second sensed condition, and third sensed condition indicates a problem within the infrastructure, wherein the plurality of control devices are coupled to a plurality of output devices and the plurality of output devices are associated with a plurality of systems, wherein the first aspect is contamination and at least two of the plurality of monitoring devices monitor the contamination, wherein the second aspect is leakage and at least two of the plurality of monitoring devices monitor for leaks, wherein the third aspect is pressure and at least two of the plurality of monitoring devices monitor pressure, and wherein the operations center is configured to determine whether the first, second, or third condition respectively relating to the first, second, or third aspects of the infrastructure detected by the plurality of monitoring devices indicates an amount of contamination determined to be a problem within the infrastructure, an approximate source location of the contamination, and flow direction of the contamination.