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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2007
Applicants:
Stanley E. Woodard, Hampton, VA (US);
Bryant D. Taylor, Smithfield, VA (US);
Inventors:
Stanley E. Woodard, Hampton, VA (US);
Bryant D. Taylor, Smithfield, VA (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 25/00 (2006.01); G01F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of calibrating a fluid-level measurement system is provided. A first response of the system is recorded when the system's sensor(s) is (are) not in contact with a fluid of interest. A second response of the system is recorded when the system's sensor(s) is (are) fully immersed in the fluid of interest. Using the first and second responses, a plurality of expected responses of the system's sensor(s) is (are) generated for a corresponding plurality of levels of immersion of the sensor(s) in the fluid of interest.