Detection device for vehicles
First Claim
1. An antifraud device for a vehicle having a tank with a filler provided with a removable cap, the antifraud device being installed on the vehicle and comprising:
- first sensor means, configured for detecting a state condition of the cap, such as presence or absence of the cap in the filler and/or a displacement of the cap with respect to the filler;
second sensor means, configured for detecting at least one of the level of the contents of the tank and a qualitative characteristic of the contents of the tank,a control unit, operatively connected to the first sensor means and to the second sensor means and configured for generating first information, being indicative of detections made by the first sensor means, and second information, being indicative of detections made by the second sensor means, the control unit being operatively connected to nonvolatile memory means and prearranged for storing in the memory means, in a correlated form, the first information and the second information;
means for making explicit the first information and the second information in a correlated form, for the purposes of identification of one or more of the following conditions;
fraudulent removal of at least part of the contents of the tank;
fraudulent removal of at least part of the contents of the tank from an extraction point which is downstream of the filler;
fraudulent dilution or alteration of the contents of the tank;
fraudulent replacement of at least part of the contents of the tank;
effective removal of the cap following upon movement thereof in the filler.
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Abstract
An antifraud device for a vehicle has a tank with a filler provided with a removable cap. The device comprises a first sensor, for detecting a movement of the cap with respect to the filler, and second sensor, configured for detecting at least one of the level and a qualitative characteristic of the contents of the tank. A control unit generates first information being indicative of detections made by the first sensor, and second information being indicative of detections made by the second sensor, and stores the information in a correlated form. The device is further arranged for making explicit the first information and the second information in a correlated form, in order to identify one or more of the following conditions: removal of at least part of the contents of the tank; dilution or alteration of the contents of the tank; replacement of at least part of the contents of the tank; effective removal of the cap following upon a movement thereof in the filler.
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20 Claims
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1. An antifraud device for a vehicle having a tank with a filler provided with a removable cap, the antifraud device being installed on the vehicle and comprising:
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first sensor means, configured for detecting a state condition of the cap, such as presence or absence of the cap in the filler and/or a displacement of the cap with respect to the filler; second sensor means, configured for detecting at least one of the level of the contents of the tank and a qualitative characteristic of the contents of the tank, a control unit, operatively connected to the first sensor means and to the second sensor means and configured for generating first information, being indicative of detections made by the first sensor means, and second information, being indicative of detections made by the second sensor means, the control unit being operatively connected to nonvolatile memory means and prearranged for storing in the memory means, in a correlated form, the first information and the second information; means for making explicit the first information and the second information in a correlated form, for the purposes of identification of one or more of the following conditions; fraudulent removal of at least part of the contents of the tank; fraudulent removal of at least part of the contents of the tank from an extraction point which is downstream of the filler; fraudulent dilution or alteration of the contents of the tank; fraudulent replacement of at least part of the contents of the tank; effective removal of the cap following upon movement thereof in the filler. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An antifraud method for a vehicle having a tank with a filler provided with a removable cap, the antifraud method comprising the operations of:
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a) detecting a condition of state of the cap, such as presence or absence of the cap in the filler and/or a displacement of the cap with respect to the filler, by means of first sensor means, and generating first information being indicative of detections made by means of the first sensor means; b) detecting at least one of the level of the contents of the tank and a qualitative characteristic of the contents of the tank, by means of second sensor means, and generating second information being indicative of detections made by means of the second sensor means; c) correlating the first information and the second information, in order to identify at least one of the following conditions; fraudulent removal of at least part of the contents of the tank; fraudulent removal of at least part of the contents of the tank from an extraction point being downstream of the filler; fraudulent dilution or alteration of the contents of the tank; fraudulent replacement of at least part of the contents of the tank; effective removal of the cap following upon movement in the filler. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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