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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Timothy E. Dickson, Greensboro, NC (US);
Assignee:
Gilbarco Inc., Greensboro, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 7/00 ; G05D 7/00 ; G06F 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 7/00 ; G05D 7/00 ; G06F 1/700 ;
Abstract
A fraud detection system within a fuel dispenser includes the ability to measure the amount of fuel dispensed through the fuel dispenser. The measurement is compared to a value independently created representing what the amount of fuel dispensed should approximate. If the values are not comparable, an alarm may be generated to indicate that the fuel dispenser has been modified to perpetrate fraud upon the customers.