Patent Document ID: 8798976
Application ID: 13933147
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method, performed by a processor, for calculating a simulated liquid surface plane location in a simulated containment vessel, comprising: (a) storing a first set of data comprising a solid model representation of said containment vessel; (b) storing a second set of data representing a spatial orientation of said containment vessel; (c) storing a third set of data representing a magnitude and direction of acceleration of said containment vessel; (d) storing target volume data representing a target volume of liquid in said containment vessel; (e) determining first and second z-value limits of a possible location of a surface plane of liquid in said containment vessel, said first and second z-value limits being referenced to a z direction that is aligned with said direction of acceleration of said third set of data and being a function of at least said first, second and third sets of data and said target volume data; (f) computing a z value of a first liquid surface plane location of a surface plane of liquid in said containment vessel that lies between said first and second z-value limits; and (g) computing first volume data representing a first volume of liquid in said containment vessel and beneath a surface plane located at said first liquid surface plane location.