Apparatus configured to detect gas usage, method of providing same, and method of detecting gas usage

摘要

Disclosed is an apparatus configured to detect gas usage by analysing acoustic signals. The apparatus is comprised of a processing module configured to run on a computational unit and a sensing unit configured to be coupled to a gas regulator. The sensing unit is comprised of at least one acoustic sensor configured to detect two or more acoustic signals produced by the gas regulator and a transmitter. The sensing unit is also configured to convert the two or more acoustic signals into one or more first data signals. The transmitter is electrically coupled to the at least one acoustic sensor and configured to transmit the one or more first data signals to the computational unit. The processing module is configured to use the one or more first data signals to determine the gas usage.