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Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019

Filed:

May. 02, 2017
Applicant:

GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);

Inventor:

John F. Larsen, Campbellcroft, CA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 23/00 (2006.01); G01F 23/22 (2006.01); G01N 35/10 (2006.01); G05D 9/12 (2006.01); G06Q 10/06 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 23/0069 (2013.01); G01F 23/22 (2013.01); G01N 35/1009 (2013.01); G05D 9/12 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for determining a liquid level of a reservoir includes sensing a plurality of liquid level points during a plurality of defined computation intervals, and determining filtered block points from the sensed liquid level points occurring during each of the computation intervals. The method fits a regression model to the determined filtered block points, including determining a slope and a standard error of regression, and determines an actual liquid level change from the slope of the regression model. The method may also include making a diagnostic determination if the method determines that a confidence ratio is sufficiently high.


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