Liquid reservoir leak detection system
AssigneeTORC Robotics, Inc.
InventorJoseph R. Fox-Rabinovitz
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Abstract
In one aspect, a vehicle and associated method includes a liquid reservoir, a first sensor mounted in front of the liquid reservoir, a second sensor mounted behind the liquid reservoir, a memory storing instructions, at least one processor configured to access the memory and receive a plurality of inputs from the first and second sensors, the at least one processor being configured to compare a first sensor output from the first sensor to a second sensor output from the second sensor, and based on a determined difference between the first and second sensor outputs, initiate a notification of a detected leak in the liquid reservoir.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a liquid reservoir;
- a first sensor mounted in front of the liquid reservoir toward a front of the vehicle;
- a second sensor mounted behind the liquid reservoir toward a rear of the vehicle;
- a memory storing instructions;
- at least one processor configured to access the memory and receive a plurality of inputs from the first and second sensors, the at least one processor being configured to:
- compare a first sensor output from the first sensor to a second sensor output from the second sensor;
- and
- based on a determined difference between the first and second sensor outputs, initiate a notification of a detected leak in the liquid reservoir,
- wherein the at least one processor is further configured to buffer the first sensor output based at least in part on a distance between the first sensor and the second sensor.
A method of detecting a leak in liquid reservoir of a moving vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving a first sensor output from a first sensor positioned in front of a liquid reservoir toward a front of the vehicle;
- receiving a second sensor output from a second sensor positioned behind the liquid reservoir toward a rear of the vehicle;
- comparing the first sensor output to the second sensor output;
- and
- based on a determined difference between the first and second sensor outputs, initiating a notification of a detected leak in the liquid reservoir,
- wherein the method further comprises buffering the first sensor output based at least in part on a distance between the first sensor and the second sensor.
At least one computer-readable storage medium with instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
- receive a first sensor output from a first sensor positioned in front of a liquid reservoir toward a front of a vehicle;
- receive a second sensor output from a second sensor positioned behind the liquid reservoir toward a rear of the vehicle;
- compare the first sensor output to the second sensor output;
- and
- based on a determined difference between the first and second sensor outputs, initiate a notification of a detected leak in the liquid reservoir,
- wherein at least one computer-readable storage medium further causes the at least one processor to buffer the first sensor output based at least in part on a distance between the first sensor and the second sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.