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US 10,119,657 B2Granted
Propane tank continuous monitoring system
OwnerShailendra Sumaninventor
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Abstract
An apparatus, system and method for measuring quantity of a material are disclosed. One or more sensors are used to measure the quantity of the material are measured and error causing parameters are also measured. Error causing parameters are processed by executing one or more correction methodologies to determine a correction output. The quantity of the material is measured by using the correction output. One or values associated with the quantity of the material are measured and displayed. The one or more values are transmitted to a server and informative messages are received from the server.
Claims22
A system comprising:
- a first sensor coupled to a storage tank that contains material, the sensor operable to:
- transmit an outgoing acoustic signal into the material at a first time;
- and
- receive an incoming acoustic signal at a second time,
- a second sensor configured to measure a temperature associated with the material;
- a communications port;
- a memory operable to store a set of computer instructions;
- and
- a processor operable to execute the set of computer instructions to:
- determine a quantity of the material in the storage tank based on the first time, based on the second time, and based on the temperature;
- and
- cause an indication of the quantity to be transmitted to an external entity via the communications port.
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A system comprising:
- a first sensor coupled to a storage tank that contains material, the sensor operable to:
- transmit an outgoing acoustic signal into the material at a first time;
- and
- receive an incoming acoustic signal at a second time,
- a communications port;
- a memory operable to store a set of computer instructions and an indication of the tank geometry;
- and
- a processor operable to execute the set of computer instructions to:
- determine a quantity of the material in the storage tank based on the first time, based on the second time, and based on the indication of the tank geometry;
- and
- cause an indication of the quantity to be transmitted to an external entity via the communications port.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.