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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 1983
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1981
Takashi Tsuchida, Chiryu, JP;
Kazukiyo Okada, Kosai, JP;
Yutaka Okuda, Kariya, JP;
Nobuo Kondo, Anjo, JP;
Toshio Shinohara, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Nippondenso Co., Ltd., Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A method of and an apparatus for indicating a remaining fuel quantity for vehicles, designed to digitally indicate the quantity of fuel remaining in the fuel tank of a vehicle. The method of and the apparatus for repeating the operations of performing sampling detection of an amount of fuel remaining in the fuel tank of a vehicle, determining a center value for a plurality of remaining fuel quantity values detected by a microcomputer, determining limit values each thereof being apart from the center value by a predetermined amount, using any subsequent detected value exceeding the limit values as a new limit value, computing an average value of a predetermined number of detected sampling values, and indicating it on a display.