Patent ID: 11959790
Assignee: PROPANE HUNTER LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method of monitoring gas cylinder storage, the method comprising:
transmitting distance measurement data from a sensor within a gas cylinder storage cage to a control system of a cage monitoring system;
determining, with the control system, whether a gas cylinder is present at a sensing location within the gas cylinder storage cage proximate the sensor based on the distance measurement data, the control system determining that a gas cylinder is present at the sensing location within the gas cylinder storage cage when the sensor measures a distance between the sensor and the gas cylinder; and
when the control system determines that a gas cylinder is present at the sensing location, determining, with the control system, whether the gas cylinder is full or empty based on the distance measurement data, the distance measurement data including a distance between the sensor and the gas cylinder.