Patents by Inventor Tobias Lilja

Tobias Lilja has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11927469
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of proof-testing a radar level gauge system arranged to determine a filling level of a product in a tank, the method comprising the steps of: transmitting an electromagnetic transmit signal towards a surface of the product in the tank; receiving an electromagnetic reflection signal resulting from reflection of the transmit signal at the surface of the product; forming a measurement representation based on the transmit signal and the reflection signal, the measurement representation comprising surface echo information indicative of the filling level of the product; adding, to the measurement representation, proof test echo information indicative of a predefined proof test level, resulting in a modified measurement representation; processing the modified measurement representation to determine a proof test level based on the modified measurement representation; and providing a signal indicative of a result of the processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: ROSEMOUNT TANK RADAR AB
    Inventors: Mikael Inglund, Tobias Lilja, Tomas Wennerberg, Lars-Ove Larsson, Pär Abrahamsson, Christian Skaug
  • Publication number: 20230280201
    Abstract: A field device comprising measurement circuitry; loop current circuitry; voltage measurement circuitry; and a controller configured to: acquire a first value of a process variable; determine if the voltage received by the field device is sufficient to support a first loop current; control, when the voltage is insufficient to support the first loop current, the loop current to an alarm current lower than a predefined alarm threshold current; acquire a second value of the process variable and a present voltage received by the field device; determine a second loop current; determine, based on the present voltage and an estimation of a loop impedance, whether or not the present voltage is sufficient for supporting the second loop current; and control, when it is determined that the present voltage received by the field device from the current loop is sufficient, the loop current from the alarm current to the second loop current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Leif Nilsson, Tobias Lilja, Hans Arkesten
  • Publication number: 20220065685
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of proof-testing a radar level gauge system arranged to determine a filling level of a product in a tank, the method comprising the steps of: transmitting an electromagnetic transmit signal towards a surface of the product in the tank; receiving an electromagnetic reflection signal resulting from reflection of the transmit signal at the surface of the product; forming a measurement representation based on the transmit signal and the reflection signal, the measurement representation comprising surface echo information indicative of the filling level of the product; adding, to the measurement representation, proof test echo information indicative of a predefined proof test level, resulting in a modified measurement representation; processing the modified measurement representation to determine a proof test level based on the modified measurement representation; and providing a signal indicative of a result of the processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Mikael Inglund, Tobias Lilja, Tomas Wennerberg, Lars-Ove Larsson, Pär Abrahamsson, Christian Skaug