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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2002
Kurt Olov Edvardsson, Täby, SE;
Saab Marine Electronics AB, Goteborg, SE;
Abstract
A method for radar-based gauging of the level of a substance in a tank ( ) having at least one interfering structure, e.g. a beam ( ); an agitator ( ) or a tank side wall ( ), comprises transmitting a microwave signal in a predetermined polarization state (LHCP) towards the surface ( ) of the substance and the at least one interfering structure; detecting, separately in two different polarization states (LHCP, RHCP), microwave signals ( ) as reflected against the surface of the substance and against the at least one interfering structure; distinguishing based on signal strengths of the microwave signals detected separately in the two different polarization states, the detected microwave signal ( ), which has been reflected against the surface of the substance; and calculating based on a propagation time of the distinguished microwave signal the level of the substance in the tank.