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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 31, 2021
Applicant:

Devicesolutions, Morrisville, NC (US);

Inventors:

Keith William Anderson, Hillsborough, NC (US);

Mark Adam Bednasz, Cary, NC (US);

Wilson Christopher Lamb, Hillsborough, NC (US);

Anthony James Sammarco, Raleigh, NC (US);

Andrew Alden Spear, Raleigh, NC (US);

Robert Charles Witter, Hillsborough, NC (US);

Assignee:

DEVICESOLUTIONS, Morrisville, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 23/24 (2006.01); A01F 25/14 (2006.01); G01F 23/00 (2022.01); G01F 23/80 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 23/248 (2013.01); A01F 25/14 (2013.01); G01F 23/0007 (2013.01); G01F 23/804 (2022.01);
Abstract

A bin volume predictor can receive data characterizing measurements of a temperature at a plurality of temperature sensors of a temperature sensor cable that is positioned to extend along a height of the storage bin in an interior of the storage bin and data characterizing measurements of an ambient temperature of an exterior of the storage bin. The bin volume predictor identifies, based on the measured temperature for temperature sensors in the interior of the storage bin, a topmost covered temperature sensor of the temperature sensor cable. Moreover, the bin volume predictor determines, based on the identified topmost covered temperature sensor, an amount of material stored in the storage bin.


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