Apparatus and method for discriminating true and false ultrasonic echoes
US6046960A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 16, 1993 |
| Grant date | Apr 4, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 16, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S367/908
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Apparatus for discriminating true echoes from false echoes in an ultrasonic liquid gauging system, comprising: means for producing electrical representations of an echo sequence received after an ultrasonic transmission, wherein the echo sequence contains one or more returned echoes that may be a true or false echo; and means for determining returned echo energy, wherein echo energy is a factor used to distinguish a true echo from a false echo.
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