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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2021
Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin, IE;
Gregory Kopansky, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Thomas C. Gross, Honey Brook, PA (US);
Stephen Showalter, Milmont, PA (US);
George P. Birch, Turnersville, NJ (US);
EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
A method of operating an electro-optic sensor includes disposing at least a portion of the electro-optic sensor in a liquid chamber, providing light from a light source of the electro-optic sensor at a first intensity, driving a light detector of the electro-optic sensor at a first sensitivity level, receiving, via the light detector, a first amount of light from the light source; determining whether liquid is present in the liquid chamber according to the first amount of light, providing light from the light source at a second intensity, driving the light detector at a second sensitivity level, receiving, via the light detector, a second amount of light from the light source, and/or confirming whether liquid is present in the liquid chamber according to the second amount of light. The first sensitivity level may be different from the second sensitivity level.