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Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 1993

Filed:

May. 01, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:

Ichiro Kataoka, Shizuoka, JP;

Naoto Ishikawa, Shizuoka, JP;

Hiroyuki Ogura, Shizuoka, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73295 ; 364509 ;
Abstract

A heat radiating type level sensor measurement of liquid level capable of preventing the errors in a case of sudden environmental temperature change, and accounting for the agitated motion of the liquid surface. The measured liquid level can be obtained as the steady state output voltage plus a difference between the initial output voltage for a present measurement and the initial output voltage for an immediately preceding measurement, with the difference multiplied by a predetermined constant. The measured liquid level for a present measurement can also be obtained as an arithmetic average of the steady state output voltage and a predetermined number of previous steady state output voltages within a prescribed range obtained by previous measurements, in a case the steady state output voltage derived at the deriving step is within the prescribed range, and as the measured liquid level obtained for an immediately preceding measurement, in a case the steady state output voltage derived at the deriving step is outside of the prescribed range.


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