US Patent Issued to Geotab on April 14 for "Systems for determining vehicle fuel level" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,626, issued on April 14, was assigned to Geotab Inc. (Oakville, Canada).

"Systems for determining vehicle fuel level" was invented by Justin Russell Ballaro (Hamilton, Canada), Young Seok Shin (Kitchener, Canada) and Nadia Sophia Stefopulos (Scarborough, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, devices, and models determining fuel level in vehicles are described. Fuel tank capacity often extends beyond what can be measured by a fuel level sensor. Herein, fuel level data is augmented with fuel consumption data or fuel consumption rate to estimate a fuel level in a fuel tank when a fuel level sensor reads 100%. Fuel con...