Patent ID: 11875522
Assignee: TRINAMIX GMBH
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 19:
20. The filling level determining device according to claim 19, wherein the filling level determining device comprises at least one illumination device adapted to generate at least one illumination pattern comprising a plurality of illumination features, wherein the filling level determining device comprises at least one sensor element adapted to determining at least one reflection image of the storage unit, wherein the filling level determining device comprises at least one evaluation device adapted to select at least one first reflection feature and at least one second reflection feature of the reflection image, wherein the sensor element has a matrix of optical sensors, the optical sensors each having a light-sensitive area, wherein each optical sensor is designed to generate at least one sensor signal in response to an illumination of its respective light-sensitive area by a reflection light beam, wherein the sensor element is adapted to generate for the at least one first reflection feature at least two first sensor signals in response to an illumination of the sensor element by the first reflection feature, and to generate for the at least one second reflection feature at least two second sensor signals in response to an illumination of the sensor element by the second reflection feature, wherein the evaluation device is adapted to evaluate the two first sensor signals, thereby, determining at least one first longitudinal coordinate of the first reflection feature, and to evaluate the two second sensor signals, thereby, determining at least one second longitudinal coordinate of the second reflection feature, wherein the evaluation device is adapted to determine at least one position of the first reflection feature and at least one position, of the second reflection feature in the reflection image and to determine at least one first vector of the first reflection feature and at least one second vector of the second reflection feature, wherein the evaluation device is adapted to determine from the at least one first vector and the at least one second vector at least one elevation map and to determine therefrom the filling level in the storage unit.