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Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 09, 2017
Applicant:

Nectar, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Prabhanjan C. Gurumohan, Mountain View, CA (US);

Aayush Phumbhra, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Krishna Gadiyaram, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

Nectar, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 23/296 (2006.01); G01N 33/14 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); G01S 7/521 (2006.01); G01S 15/88 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 23/2962 (2013.01); G01N 33/14 (2013.01); G01S 7/521 (2013.01); G01S 15/88 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01);
Abstract

A measurement device includes a sensor configured to detect triggering of the device. The measurement device further includes a transmitter configured to transmit an interrogation signal in response to the triggering of the device, and a receiver configured to detect a received signal that captures one or more reflections of the interrogation signal. A processor of the measurement device is configured to select a selected reflection among a plurality of identified potential reflections captured in the received signal, and provide an identifier corresponding to the selected reflection that is associated with an amount of content included in a container engaged by the content measurement device.


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