Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for sensing a liquid level
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Application No.: US15549417Application Date: 2016-02-19
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Publication No.: US10295390B2Publication Date: 2019-05-21
- Inventor: Wei Bian , Kin Leong Yip , Yao Hean Chiah , Kwong Lim Chin , Gary Chi Yang Lim
- Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Current Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Priority: EP15161639 20150330
- International Application: PCT/EP2016/053612 WO 20160219
- International Announcement: WO2016/155943 WO 20161006
- Main IPC: G01F23/26
- IPC: G01F23/26

Abstract:
The present application relates to a system (10) for sensing liquid level in a receptacle (16). The system comprises a capacitive sensing probe (12), for sensing a capacitance between the capacitive sensing probe (12) and an electrically conductive portion of the receptacle (16). The system also comprises a control circuit (15) connected to the capacitive sensing probe (12) for detecting a level of the liquid in the receptacle (16) based on said capacitance, a non-isolated AC power supply (11) arranged to power the control circuit (15), the non-isolated AC power supply (11) having an electrical connection between its input and its output, and at least one filter capacitor (C1, C2) connected in series between the capacitive sensing probe (12) and the control circuit (15).
Public/Granted literature
- US20180023992A1 A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SENSING A LIQUID LEVEL Public/Granted day:2018-01-25
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