Sensor device configuration
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1. A sensor device, comprising:
- a communication transmitter configured to transmit a sensor device identifier;
a communication receiver configured to receive a sensor configuration associated with the sensor device identifier, wherein the sensor configuration is based at least in part on a size and/or a shape of a container engaged by the sensor device; and
an interrogation signal transmitter configured to transmit an interrogation signal based at least in part on the received sensor configuration to determine an identifier associated with an amount of content included in the container engaged by the sensor device, wherein a shape and/or a waveform of the interrogation signal is based at least in part on the size and/or the shape of the container engaged by the sensor device, and wherein the interrogation signal transmitter is configured to transmit the interrogation signal that travels through air included in the container to reflect off the content in the container.
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Abstract
A sensor device includes a communication transmitter configured to transmit a sensor device identifier. The sensor device includes a communication receiver configured to receive a sensor configuration associated with the sensor device identifier. The sensor device includes an interrogation signal transmitter configured to transmit an interrogation signal based at least in part on the received sensor configuration to determine an identifier associated with an amount of content included in a container engaged by the sensor device.
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1. A sensor device, comprising:
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a communication transmitter configured to transmit a sensor device identifier; a communication receiver configured to receive a sensor configuration associated with the sensor device identifier, wherein the sensor configuration is based at least in part on a size and/or a shape of a container engaged by the sensor device; and an interrogation signal transmitter configured to transmit an interrogation signal based at least in part on the received sensor configuration to determine an identifier associated with an amount of content included in the container engaged by the sensor device, wherein a shape and/or a waveform of the interrogation signal is based at least in part on the size and/or the shape of the container engaged by the sensor device, and wherein the interrogation signal transmitter is configured to transmit the interrogation signal that travels through air included in the container to reflect off the content in the container. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system, comprising:
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a communication receiver configured to receive a sensor device identifier from a sensor device; and a processor coupled with the communication receiver and configured to; receive an identification associated with a container type; associate the sensor device identifier with the container type; retrieve a sensor configuration for the container type, wherein the sensor configuration is based at least in part on a size and/or a shape of a container engaged by the sensor device; and provide the sensor configuration to the sensor device, wherein the sensor configuration is utilized by the sensor device to determine a fill identifier associated with an amount of content included in the container engaged by the sensor device, wherein the sensor device is configured to transmit an interrogation signal, wherein a shape and/or a waveform of the interrogation signal is based at least in part on the size and/or the shape of the container engaged by the sensor device, and wherein an interrogation signal transmitter of the sensor device is configured to transmit the interrogation signal that travels through air included in the container to reflect off the content in the container. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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