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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2021
Perceptive Sensor Technologies, Inc., Tucson, AZ (US);
Lazar Bivolarsky, Cupertino, CA (US);
Joel D. Burcham, Huntsville, AL (US);
Earl Crochet, Humble, TX (US);
James M. Heim, Tucson, AZ (US);
William Coleman, Tucson, AZ (US);
PERCEPTIVE SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Tucson, AZ (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, system, and method for the detection of contents within a container includes a plurality of transducers mounted on an exterior surface of the container. A plurality of acoustic signals is transmitted into the container, and an echo is generated when the signals contact an object. The echo is received at a transducer and a processor analyzes the echo to detect the object. Similarly, two acoustic transducers can be used to angularly transmit the signal into a container. The signal reflects off a sediment surface and is received at another acoustic transducer. The reflection signal can be used to analyze a sediment surface within the container.