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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert Laun, Hausach, DE;
Assignee:
Vega Grieshaber KG, Wolfach, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 2/3284 ; G01F 2/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 2/3284 ; G01F 2/300 ;
Abstract
A method and a device for directly digitizing microwave signals reflected on a filling product surface of a filling product present in a receptacle, wherein the microwave signals reflected on the filling product surface are scanned, and the analog values resulting from said scanning process are stored in an analog value storage means. The stored analog values are then read out from the analog value storage means at a lower rate as compared to the scanning rate, and are converted into digital values. The digital values may then be made available to an evaluation means for determining the filling level height.