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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
May. 17, 2022
Perceptive Sensor Technologies, Inc., Tucson, AZ (US);
Lazar Bivolarsky, Cupertino, CA (US);
Joel D. Burcham, Huntsville, AL (US);
William Coleman, Tucson, AZ (US);
James M. Heim, Tucson, AZ (US);
PERCEPTIVE SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Tucson, AZ (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, system, and method for measuring a temperature gradient in a layered environment includes a container having a sidewall. An acoustic transducer is positioned on or proximate to an exterior surface of the sidewall of the container. A signal is transmitted from the acoustic transducer into the sidewall of the container. A reflected signal is received by the acoustic transducer, or another acoustic transducer positioned on or proximate to the exterior surface of the sidewall. A computerized device has a processor and a computer-readable memory. The processor is configured to measure a temperature gradient of the reflected signal using an angle of incidence and refraction of the reflected signal. The temperature gradient indicates a temperature of a material within the container.