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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Mohammad R. Aghili, Dearborn, MI (US);
Aed M. Dudar, Canton, MI (US);
Dennis Seung-Man Yang, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 25/00 (2006.01); B60K 15/035 (2006.01); B60K 15/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 25/0061 (2013.01); B60K 15/03519 (2013.01); G01F 25/0069 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03019 (2013.01); B60K 2015/0319 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03197 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03203 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03217 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03514 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for estimating fuel levels in a fuel tank. In one example, a method may comprise adjusting estimates of a fuel level in a fuel tank based on an amount of fuel added to the fuel tank during a refueling event. The amount of fuel added to the fuel tank may be provided by a vehicle operator via one or more of a dashboard user interface, a wireless device user interface, and a digital camera included within a user device.