Systems and methods of detecting fluid release
AssigneeTORC Robotics, Inc.
InventorsJoseph Fox-Rabinovitz, Walter Grigg
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Abstract
Fluid release detection is provided. A vehicle can determine, via a first sensor, a flow rate of a first fluid, such as a headspace gas, between an environment and a reservoir of the vehicle. The vehicle can receive a fluid consumption rate for a second fluid, such as a hydrocarbon fuel associated with the reservoir. The vehicle can detect, based on the flow rate and the fluid consumption rate, a fluid release of the reservoir. The vehicle can execute an action responsive to the detection of the fluid release.
Claims20
A vehicle, comprising:
- one or more processors configured to:
- receive a first indication of an inner surface of a reservoir associated with a first time;
- determine, based on the indication of the inner surface, a first volume of a fluid of the reservoir;
- receive a second indication of the inner surface of the reservoir associated with a second time;
- determine, based on the second indication of the inner surface, a second volume of the fluid;
- determine a rate of change of the fluid based on a first difference between the first time and the second time, and a second difference between the first volume and the second volume;
- compare a fluid consumption rate to the rate of change;
- detect, based on the rate of change exceeding the fluid consumption rate, a fluid release;
- and
- execute an action responsive to the detection of the fluid release.
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by one or more processors, a first indication of an inner surface of a reservoir associated with a first time;
- determining, by the one or more processors, based on the indication of the inner surface, a first volume of a fluid of the reservoir;
- receiving, by the one or more processors, a second indication of the inner surface of the reservoir associated with a second time;
- determining, by the one or more processors, based on the second indication of the inner surface, a second volume of the fluid;
- determining, by the one or more processors, a rate of change of the fluid based on a first difference between the first time and the second time, and a second difference between the first volume and the second volume;
- comparing, by the one or more processors, a fluid consumption rate to the rate of change;
- detecting, by the one or more processors, based on the rate of change exceeding the fluid consumption rate, a fluid release;
- and
- executing, by the one or more processors, an action responsive to the detection of the fluid release.
A system, comprising one or more processors configured to:
- receive a first indication of an inner surface of a reservoir associated with a first time;
- determine, based on the indication of the inner surface, a first volume of a fluid of the reservoir;
- receive a second indication of the inner surface of the reservoir associated with a second time;
- determine, based on the second indication of the inner surface, a second volume of the fluid;
- determine a rate of change of the fluid based on a first difference between the first time and the second time, and a second difference between the first volume and the second volume;
- compare a fluid consumption rate to the rate of change;
- detect, based on the rate of change exceeding the fluid consumption rate, a fluid release;
- and
- execute an action responsive to the detection of the fluid release.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.