Transmitter and receiver configuration for detecting content level
AssigneeNectar, Inc.
InventorsPrabhanjan C. Gurumohan, Aayush Phumbhra, Samuel Bae
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Abstract
A measurement device includes a transmitter configured to transmit an interrogation signal. The measurement device also includes a receiver configured to receive the interrogation signal that has been reflected within a container. The received reflected interrogation signal corresponds to a fill level of the container. A protective barrier covers at least the transmitter or the receiver. If the protective barrier covers the transmitter, the transmitter transmits the interrogation signal through the protective barrier and the transmitter and the protective barrier are separated by a gap.
Claims20
A device, comprising:
- a signal receiving component configured to receive a transmitted interrogation signal that has been reflected within a container, wherein the received reflected interrogation signal is used to determine a time value that corresponds to a distance traveled by the transmitted interrogation signal and the distance traveled by the transmitted interrogation signal corresponds to a fill level of the container;
- and
- a protective barrier covering at least the signal receiving component, wherein at least a portion of the protective barrier is configured to protect the signal receiving component from content within the container when measurement device is engaged with the container, wherein subject to the protective barrier covering the signal receiving component, the signal receiving component is configured to receive through the protective barrier the interrogation signal that has been reflected within the container.
A method, comprising,
- transmitting an interrogation signal;
- receiving at a signal receiving component the transmitted interrogation signal that has been reflected within a container;
- and
- using the received reflected interrogation signal to determine a time value that corresponds to a distance traveled by the transmitted interrogation signal and the distance traveled by the transmitted interrogation signal corresponds to a fill level of the container;
- wherein a protective barrier convers at least the signal receiving component, at least a portion of the protective barrier is configured to protect the signal receiving component from content within the container when measurement device is engaged with the container, and subject to the protective barrier covering the signal receiving component, the signal receiving component is configured to receive through the protective barrier the interrogation signal that has been reflected within the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.