Patent ID: 6481276
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: G01F

Abstract:
A device for measuring the level of a filling material in a container, comprising: a sensor; and a control/evaluation unit, wherein said sensor is designed such that it is operated in conjunction with at least a run-time measurement method and a capacitive measurement method, and/or said sensor is operated in at least two different operating modes, a mode where it works according to a run-time measurement method and a mode where it works according to a capacitive measurement method, wherein said controvevaluation unit operates said sensor respectively according to at least one of the two measurement methods and/or at least in one of the two operating modes, and wherein said control/evaluation unit determines the level of the filling material in the container with the aid of the data measured by said sensor, which are supplied via at least one measurement method and/or during at least one operating mode.