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Method of and apparatus for indicating remaining fuel quantity for vehicles

US4402048A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 12, 1981
Grant dateAug 30, 1983
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Expiry dateMar 12, 2001

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01F23/303
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method of and an apparatus for indicating a remaining fuel quantity for vehicles, designed to digitally indicate the quantity of fuel remaining in the fuel tank of a vehicle. The method of and the apparatus for repeating the operations of performing sampling detection of an amount of fuel remaining in the fuel tank of a vehicle, determining a center value for a plurality of remaining fuel quantity values detected by a microcomputer, determining limit values each thereof being apart from the center value by a predetermined amount, using any subsequent detected value exceeding the limit values as a new limit value, computing an average value of a predetermined number of detected sampling values, and indicating it on a display.

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