Externally viewable fuel level monitor on a vehicle
AssigneeAriel Inventions, LLC
InventorLEIGH M. ROTHSCHILD
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Abstract
Indicating a level of fuel contained in a fuel tank of a vehicle. A signal indicating a level fuel contained in the fuel tank of the vehicle is received from a fuel level sending unit. A visual indicator is presented that indicates the level of fuel, and the visual indicator is clearly visible to a person located outside of the vehicle and the person is adjacent to a fuel receiving nozzle of the vehicle.
Claims25
A method of indicating a level of fuel contained in a fuel tank of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving from a fuel level sending unit a signal indicating a level fuel contained in the fuel tank of the vehicle;
- and
- presenting a visual indicator indicating the level of fuel, wherein the visual indicator is visible to a person located outside of the vehicle and the person is adjacent to a fuel receiving nozzle of the vehicle.
A system comprising:
- a processor configured to initiate executable operations comprising:
- receiving from a fuel level sending unit a signal indicating a level fuel contained in the fuel tank of the vehicle;
- and
- presenting a visual indicator indicating the level of fuel, wherein the visual indicator is visible to a person located outside of the vehicle while the person is adjacent to a fuel receiving nozzle of the vehicle.
A computer program product comprising a computer-usable storage medium having stored therein computer-usable program instructions for indicating a level of fuel contained in a fuel tank of a vehicle, the computer-usable program instructions, which when executed by a computer hardware system, causes the computer hardware system to perform:
- receiving from a fuel level sending unit a signal indicating a level fuel contained in the fuel tank of the vehicle;
- and
- presenting a visual indicator indicating the level of fuel, wherein the visual indicator is visible to a person located outside of the vehicle while the person is adjacent to a fuel receiving nozzle of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.