ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,662, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Rockwell Collins Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).
"Enhanced vehicle fuel quantity indication system" was invented by Darin M. Underwood (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) and D. Mark Fejfar (North Liberty, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel quantity indicator system (FQIS) for an aircraft or other vehicle includes memory/data storage and a fuel quantity processing unit (FQPU). A neural network trained via machine learning and running on the FQPU receives fuel quantity (FQ) inputs from fuel tank sensors, e.g., tank density, fuel volume, water presence within the tank, at or near a given measurement time. The ...