CPC G01F 23/248 (2013.01) [A01F 25/14 (2013.01); G01F 23/0007 (2013.01); G01F 23/804 (2022.01)] | 17 Claims |
1. A non-transitory machine readable medium having machine executable instructions, the machine executable instructions comprising a bin volume predictor that:
receives data characterizing measurements of a temperature at a plurality of temperature sensors of a temperature sensor cable that is positioned to extend along a height of the storage bin in an interior of the storage bin and data characterizing measurements of an ambient temperature of an exterior of the storage bin;
identifies, based on the measured temperature for temperature sensors in the interior of the storage bin, whether a top temperature sensor of the temperature sensor cable is covered or uncovered, and if the top temperature sensor is uncovered, determining a topmost covered remaining temperature sensor of the temperature sensor cable,
wherein the identifying whether the top temperature sensor of the temperature sensor cable is covered or uncovered further comprises:
calculating a variance of an ambient temperature sensor array that includes a set of the measurements of the ambient temperature of the exterior of the storage over a window of time; and
calculating a variance of a top temperature sensor array that includes a set of the measurements of the temperature measured by the top temperature sensor of the temperature sensor cable over the window of time; and
determines, based on the identified topmost covered temperature sensor, an amount of material stored in the storage bin.
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