Patent ID: 11879760
Assignee: MICRO MOTION, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 12:
13. A method of determining a decay characteristic of a meter assembly of a flow meter, the method comprising receiving a vibrational response from the meter assembly, the vibrational response comprising a response to an excitation of the meter assembly at a substantially resonant frequency, with the method further comprising:
receiving the vibrational response from the interface;
allowing the vibrational response to decay from a start response voltage to a stop response voltage;
measuring the response voltage from a start response voltage threshold to a stop response voltage threshold; and
determining one or more fractional decay characteristics of the meter assembly based on the start response voltage threshold and the stop response voltage threshold, wherein at least one of the start response voltage threshold and the stop response voltage threshold is between the start response voltage and the stop response voltage.