Drs Sustainment Systems, Inc.

Esco Electronics Corporation

Roark D Weil

Asdrubal Garcia-Ortiz

Matthew J Hollander

William F Maciejewski

John R Wootton

A flexible storage container may have a first footprint when empty, and retracts to a second footprint when filled with a substance. A load sensing apparatus used for determining the volume of the substance in the flexible storage container can include a first set of load-sensitive sensors arranged in at least a region of the first footprint external to the second footprint, and a second set of load-sensitive sensors arranged within the second footprint. The sensor data from the load-sensitive sensors can be used to create a pressure level profile, and the volume of the substance contained in the flexible storage container can be calculated from the pressure level profile.

Methods and apparatuses for determining the volume of a substance in a flexible tank

A traffic incident detection system (,) includes both the collection and analysis of traffic data and employs a time-indexed traffic anomaly detection algorithm which partitions time into categories of &ldquo;type of day,&rdquo; and &ldquo;time of day&rdquo;. Using this partition, a fuzzy neuromorphic, unsupervised learning algorithm calibrates fuzzy sets as &ldquo;normal&rdquo; and &ldquo;abnormal&rdquo; for a plurality of traffic descriptors. Fuzzy composition techniques are used, on a per traffic lane basis, to combine multiple traffic descriptors in order to determine membership in a &ldquo;normal&rdquo; or &ldquo;abnormal&rdquo; lane status. Each lane status is then combined to determine the overall status of a road segment. Initial training of the algorithm occurs during the first few weeks after a sensor (,) is installed. On-line background training continues thereafter to continually tune and track seasonal changes affecting system performance.

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Roark D Weil