Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed for estimating quantities of stored materials in an unmonitored store. The data from a lower-fidelity store can be collected by a person (manual or “unmonitored” stores), which are manually collected unmonitored data, whereas monitored data from a higher-fidelity store can be collected by automated sensors from one or more similar stores (“monitored” stores). The present system may take as initial input historical data from a set of monitored stores and historical data for a set of manual stores. The system may continuously receive over time monitored data from monitored stores data and unmonitored data from manual stores. The system generates a model using the monitored data and the unmonitored data and applies the model to user-specified input data parameters to generate estimates of an inventory parameter, such as remaining material quantities in the set of manual unmonitored stores since their latest manual data collection.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed for estimating quantities of stored materials in an unmonitored store. The data from a lower-fidelity store can be collected by a person (manual or “unmonitored” stores), which are manually collected unmonitored data, whereas monitored data from a higher-fidelity store can be collected by automated sensors from one or more similar stores (“monitored” stores). The present system may take as initial input historical data from a set of monitored stores and historical data for a set of manual stores. The system may continuously receive, over time, monitored data from monitored stores data and unmonitored data from manual stores. The system generates a model using the monitored data and the unmonitored data and applies the model to user-specified input data parameters to generate estimates of an inventory parameter, such as remaining material quantities in the set of manual unmonitored stores since their latest manual data collection.

Abstract: The method of replacing the electrical components of a monitoring system. The method includes attaching a housing that contains a battery, sensor and other electronic components to a container. Next, a first lid that contains electronic components that are electrically connected to the sensor in the housing via an electronic cable is removed by detaching the electric cable from the electronic components of the lid. A second lid is then provided wherein the electric cable is electrically connected to the second lid at which point in time the second lid is secured to the housing to complete the replacement.

Abstract: A detection system for determining material level in a container where the container has an opening and an optical window mounted to the opening. A sensor element is mounted to the container adjacent the window. The sensor element has an optical emitter and an optical receiver positioned to form a triangular vertex with the material surface level within the container.

Abstract: A detection system for determining material level in a container where the container has an opening and an optical window mounted to the opening. A sensor element is mounted to the container adjacent the window. The sensor element has an optical emitter and an optical receiver positioned to form a triangular vertex with the material surface level within the container.