Fouling mitigation and measuring vessel with container fill sensor

A system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a communication receiver configured to receive an identifier associated with an amount of content in a container, wherein the identifier is provided by a sensor device that includes:
• a signal transmitting component configured to transmit signals into the container, wherein each signals' parameters are selected to allow the signals to at least in part pass through a content fouling at least a portion of the signal transmitting component;
• a processor configured to process each received reflected version of each of the transmitted signals to determine the identifier associated with the amount of content in the container engaged by the sensor device;
• a lens configured to shape the transmitted signals and wick away the content fouling to reduce fouling over a time;
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• a wireless transmitter configured to transmit the identifier associated with the amount of content in the container,
• wherein the processor compares a first received reflected version of a first transmitted signal with a second reflected version of a second transmitted signal, which second transmitted signal was transmitted after the first transmitted signal, to determine if measured amount of content in the container is reliable and determine adjustments that need to be made to at least one parameter selected from the parameters of future signals transmitted into the container.

A sensor device, comprising:

• a measuring chamber configured to indicate an amount of content in the measuring chamber in a first orientation of the sensor device;
• a signal transmitting component configured to transmit signals in a second orientation of the sensor device different from the first orientation of the sensor device;
• a processor configured to process each received reflected version of the transmitted signals to determine an identifier associated with an amount of content in a container engaged by the sensor device, wherein the processor compares a first received reflected version of a first transmitted signal with a second reflected version of a second transmitted signal, which second transmitted signal was transmitted after the first transmitted signal, to determine if measured amount of content in the container is reliable and determine adjustments that need to be made to at least one parameter selected from the parameters of future signals transmitted into the container;
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• a wireless transmitter configured to transmit the identifier associated with the amount of content in the container if the measured amount is reliable.