Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Capacitive fluid level sensing
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Application No.: US13977916Application Date: 2011-01-25
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Publication No.: US10564025B2Publication Date: 2020-02-18
- Inventor: Barry J. Oldfield , Nissim Henn , Assaf Pines
- Applicant: Barry J. Oldfield , Nissim Henn , Assaf Pines
- Applicant Address: US TX Spring
- Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Spring
- Agency: HP Inc. Patent Department
- International Application: PCT/US2011/022334 WO 20110125
- International Announcement: WO2012/102701 WO 20120802
- Main IPC: G01F23/26
- IPC: G01F23/26 ; G01F25/00

Abstract:
Capacitances are measured for a level measurement capacitive sensor (18) spanning from a lower end to a higher end of a fluid level measurement range (30), a first capacitive calibration sensor (20) below the fluid level measurement range (30), and a second capacitive calibration sensor (22) above the fluid level measurement range (30). A degree to which the lower end of the fluid level measurement range (30) is immersed in a first fluid and the upper end of the fluid level measurement range (30) is immersed in a second fluid is determined based on a capacitance of the level measurement capacitive sensor (18), a first calibration value characterizing the first fluid and derived from a capacitance of the first capacitive calibration sensor (20), and a second calibration value characterizing the second fluid and derived from a capacitance of the second capacitive calibration sensor (22).
Public/Granted literature
- US20130297235A1 CAPACITIVE FLUID LEVEL SENSING Public/Granted day:2013-11-07
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