EP4136413A1 - Affichage autonome pour appareils de mesure de niveau de remplissage et de niveau limite - Google Patents

Affichage autonome pour appareils de mesure de niveau de remplissage et de niveau limite

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EP4136413A1
EP4136413A1 EP20720424.9A EP20720424A EP4136413A1 EP 4136413 A1 EP4136413 A1 EP 4136413A1 EP 20720424 A EP20720424 A EP 20720424A EP 4136413 A1 EP4136413 A1 EP 4136413A1
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display device
sensor
display
measurement data
measurement
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Florian KRÄMER
Patrick HEIZMANN
Stefan Allgaier
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Vega Grieshaber KG
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F23/00—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm
    • G01F23/22—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm by measuring physical variables, other than linear dimensions, pressure or weight, dependent on the level to be measured, e.g. by difference of heat transfer of steam or water
    • G01F23/28—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm by measuring physical variables, other than linear dimensions, pressure or weight, dependent on the level to be measured, e.g. by difference of heat transfer of steam or water by measuring the variations of parameters of electromagnetic or acoustic waves applied directly to the liquid or fluent solid material
    • G01F23/296—Acoustic waves
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F23/00—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm
    • G01F23/80—Arrangements for signal processing
    • G01F23/802—Particular electronic circuits for digital processing equipment
    • G01F23/804—Particular electronic circuits for digital processing equipment containing circuits handling parameters other than liquid level
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F23/00—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm
    • G01F23/14—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm by measurement of pressure
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F23/00—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm
    • G01F23/22—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm by measuring physical variables, other than linear dimensions, pressure or weight, dependent on the level to be measured, e.g. by difference of heat transfer of steam or water
    • G01F23/28—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm by measuring physical variables, other than linear dimensions, pressure or weight, dependent on the level to be measured, e.g. by difference of heat transfer of steam or water by measuring the variations of parameters of electromagnetic or acoustic waves applied directly to the liquid or fluent solid material
    • G01F23/284—Electromagnetic waves
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04Q—SELECTING
    • H04Q9/00—Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04Q—SELECTING
    • H04Q2209/00—Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems
    • H04Q2209/80—Arrangements in the sub-station, i.e. sensing device
    • H04Q2209/84—Measuring functions

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  • the invention relates to a sensor arrangement for level or limit level measurement of a product or pressure measurement in a container, a display device for displaying measurement data of a level or limit level measurement by means of a sensor arrangement, a control unit for configuring an independent display device of a sensor arrangement for level or limit level measurement a product or the pressure measurement in a container, the use of a self-sufficient display device of a sensor arrangement for the level or limit level display of a product or the pressure measurement in a container, for the display of a status of the sensor or for the detection of the container, a method for the level - or limit level measurement of a product or the pressure measurement in a container, a program element, a computer-readable medium and a control unit.
  • measurement sensors are used to detect a target object and / or to determine specific measurement data, for example for a level or limit level measurement.
  • the measurement data can either be through a wired display unit directly on site or via mobile devices such as B. a smartphone or a tablet can be displayed.
  • the sensor arrangement comprises a sensor, which is set up to transmit and receive a measurement signal and to calculate measurement data, and a display device.
  • the display device is spatially separated from the sensor and is designed to be attached to or in the container.
  • the display device has a receiving unit, which is set up to wirelessly receive the measurement data from the sensor, and a signal display, which is set up to display the measurement data from the sensor.
  • the sensor can be, for example, a radar sensor, in particular a contactlessly measuring radar sensor for process automation in an industrial environment or for object recognition.
  • the sensor can be arranged above the product, inside or outside the process container, in such a way that the measurement signal transmitted by the sensor propagates in the direction of the product and can be reflected by the surface of the product. If the sensor is arranged outside of the container, the container can be made of a material that Can penetrate the measurement signal.
  • the container is an IBC (intermediate bulk container) tank made of plastic.
  • the senor can also be a radiometric sensor which is arranged to the side of the container.
  • the sensor can also be a pressure, temperature or flow sensor, for example.
  • the display device can be an autonomous display device.
  • the display device can be connected to the sensor via a cable.
  • the display device or the self-sufficient display device which is provided separately from the sensor, can be flexible, i. H. be arranged independently of the arrangement of the sensor.
  • the self-sufficient display device can be mounted individually.
  • the self-sufficient display device can be arranged within the container or on or in the filling material or the medium so that the self-sufficient display device can, for example, float on the filling material or be sunk or immersed in the filling material.
  • the self-sufficient display device can be arranged outside the container, on the side of the container or on an outside of a frame to which the container is attached, so that the self-sufficient display device can be easily recognized or read from the outside.
  • the self-sufficient display device can be connected wirelessly to the sensor by means of the receiving unit and can receive the measurement data from the sensor. Compared to a wired, possibly removable indicator such. B. VEGAMET or VEGADIS, the sensor arrangement with the wireless, self-sufficient display device can be used more flexibly and easily, for example for monitoring or maintaining a process vessel in a system.
  • the signal display of the display device of the sensor arrangement is set up for the optical and / or acoustic display of the measurement data of the sensor and / or the status of the sensor.
  • the measurement data of the sensor namely the fill level or the limit level of the fill substance or the pressure within the container
  • the change in the measurement data of the sensor, namely the fill level, the limit level or the pressure can be displayed visually.
  • the measurement data can be specifically signaled, for example, by outputting an acoustic signal or by sending out an acoustic warning signal when a specific fill level or a defined limit level is exceeded.
  • the acoustic display can take place via broadcast.
  • the visual display can also be combined with the acoustic display.
  • the signal display of the sensor arrangement can be set up to identify the container assigned to the sensor.
  • the signal display of the display device or the self-sufficient display device for visual detection of the container for identifying the container or for recognizing the location of the container, which is located, for example, in a system with several other containers and in which the sensor for detecting the fill level or the Limit level is arranged to be set up.
  • the status of the sensor can be, for example, switching it on or off, measuring, data processing or a fault in the sensor.
  • the signal display can be used to display individual or combined information, such as B. the filling material or the medium of the container assigned to the sensor or the oldest filling date, an order number that is entered or stored on a cloud platform, for example.
  • the signal display is an illuminated display.
  • an illuminated display which is set up to emit a light signal can be provided in the display device.
  • the light signal can correspond to the measurement data of the sensor.
  • the illuminated display is configured so that it can be configured using several colors in order to visually visualize the measurement data of the sensor, the status of the sensor or the switching states of the sensor.
  • the illuminated display of the display device can be configured in such a way that the illuminated display of the display device lights up in several colors and can specifically display or signal the measurement results of the sensor when it lights up or when a colored light signal is emitted.
  • a certain color e.g. red
  • the illuminated display can be configured in such a way that the lighting occurs according to a predefined color gradient and can thus indicate a specific measured value or a specific change in the measured value of the measurement data during the level or limit level measurement.
  • the illuminated display can also be configured in such a way that the illuminated display can output a defined signal pattern.
  • the lighting can for example be permanent, cyclical with a predetermined time interval or with a predetermined frequency or after a specific request, such as. B. by a trigger signal, a button or a defined level or limit level change.
  • the configurability of the illuminated display in several colors or according to the predefined color gradient or a defined signal pattern is important and advantageous, especially if several containers or IBC tanks are arranged in a large system or warehouse and the sensor arrangement has several sensors, each individually in the several Containers are installed, have.
  • the sensors can be of the same type for this purpose. Or the sensors can be different sensors for level or limit level measurement, pressure measurement or for some other measurement such as e.g. B. be the temperature or flow measurement.
  • several display devices, which are each assigned to the several sensors or the several containers, can be provided and arranged individually.
  • a clear assignment of the multiple containers in a system can be made possible or simplified in that the multiple illuminated displays of the multiple display devices can be assigned by a special color or a characteristic signal pattern.
  • the containers that have the identical filling data or are filled with the same medium can be grouped and identified.
  • the sensor arrangement further comprises a master display device which is set up in the form of a master illuminated display to display the measurement data from a plurality of sensors individually, in combination or in summary.
  • the display device can be set up for combined or linked display of the measurement data of a fill level sensor and a limit level sensor.
  • the display device can be configured to continuously visualize the fill level via a color gradient in normal operation and to signal the limit level by means of a flashing signal only when the limit switch is switched on or the fill level exceeds a certain fill level.
  • a display device or an autarkic display device which can also serve as a common master display device that is used by several sensors, can be provided and set up to display the measurement data of the several sensors individually, in combination or in summary. This enables simultaneous monitoring and visualization of the status of the multiple sensors, the filling or limit levels of the filling goods in the multiple containers and / or the filling data of the multiple containers.
  • the illuminated display can be configured in such a way that the display of a critical sensor status, such as e.g. B. the fault of the sensor, or a critical measured value of the measured data of the sensor, can be prioritized.
  • the light display can be configured at the factory or on site in the system. This means that the assignment of the self-sufficient display device to the sensor, the sensor arrangement and / or the container, the integration of the self-sufficient display device in the cloud system and / or the connection to the other display devices in the networked system for displaying the measurement data of the sensor and / or or can be preconfigured at the factory for addressing the container or set on site.
  • a communication device for example for a picking system, or a monitoring device can be provided in the system, which has a mobile eye-catching module and can be set up to receive and evaluate the displayed signal of the illuminated display of the sensor arrangement.
  • the communication device can be designed to be mobile.
  • the display device has an encapsulation which is designed to encapsulate the display device in order to arrange the display device within the container or on or in the product.
  • the encapsulation can be designed to be watertight in order to enclose the display device.
  • the encapsulation can serve to protect the display device from the ingress of water.
  • one of the multiple containers can be assigned, even if the illuminated displays of the display devices are arranged inside the container, on or in the product.
  • the containers can let the colored light rays of the light displays through.
  • the self-sufficient display device comprises an energy supply which has a rechargeable battery or a battery. Furthermore, the energy supply is arranged in the self-sufficient display device and is set up to provide the energy required to operate the self-sufficient display device.
  • the self-sufficient display device is a display device which can draw the energy that is required to operate the display device not in a wired manner from an external energy source, but from an internal energy source.
  • the energy supply can be arranged or built into the self-sufficient display device as an internal component in the form of a rechargeable battery or a battery.
  • the energy supply or the battery can be charged inductively from the outside or wirelessly using energy harvesting. Alternatively, the energy supply can be charged by cable at a charging station and the self-sufficient display device with the charged energy supply can be used for level or limit level measurement.
  • the self-sufficient display device is set up to be connected to the sensor via a direct radio connection or a cloud system.
  • the measurement data of the sensor can be found via a found link, such as B. LPWAN, Bluetooth, WLAN, LoraWan, NB-IOT can be transmitted to the self-sufficient display device.
  • a found link such as B. LPWAN, Bluetooth, WLAN, LoraWan, NB-IOT can be transmitted to the self-sufficient display device.
  • the wireless connection or communication between the self-sufficient display device and the sensor can take place via a cloud system, a central computer or a control level.
  • the measurement data of the sensor can be transmitted from the sensor to the cloud system and then from the cloud system to the corresponding self-sufficient display device. It can also be possible that the measurement data transmitted by the sensor can be further processed on the cloud system, so that only a selected part of the measurement data can be transmitted to the self-sufficient display device for display.
  • the cloud system can advantageously enable the connection of the multiple sensors in a system with the multiple autonomous display devices and / or with a master display device.
  • a networked system with the multiple process containers can thus be formed by means of the sensor arrangement.
  • the sensor arrangement can advantageously be used or used in the process industry, process automation and / or automation technology.
  • the term automation technology is understood to be a sub-area of technology that includes all measures for operating machines and systems without human involvement.
  • One goal of the related process automation is to automate the interaction of individual components of a plant in the chemical, food, pharmaceutical, petroleum, paper, cement, shipping or mining sectors.
  • a large number of sensors can be used for this, which are particularly adapted to the specific requirements of the process industry, such as mechanical stability, insensitivity to contamination, extreme temperatures and extreme pressures. Measured values from these sensors are usually transmitted to a control room, in which process parameters such as level, limit level, flow, pressure or density can be monitored and settings for the entire plant can be changed manually or automatically.
  • a sub-area of automation technology relates to logistics automation.
  • processes within a building or within a single logistics system are automated in the field of logistics automation.
  • Typical applications are, for example, systems for logistics automation in the area of baggage and freight handling at airports, in the area of traffic monitoring (toll systems), in trade, parcel distribution or in the area of building security (access control).
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  • Another sub-area of automation technology relates to factory / production automation.
  • Applications for this can be found in a wide variety of industries such as automobile production, food production, the pharmaceutical industry or in general in the field of packaging.
  • goal of Factory automation is to automate the production of goods by machines, production lines and / or robots, ie to let them run without human involvement.
  • the sensors used here and specific requirements with regard to the measurement accuracy when recording the position and size of an object are comparable to those in the previous example of logistics automation. Therefore, sensors based on optical measurement methods are usually used on a large scale in the field of factory automation.
  • Optical sensors have so far dominated both in the field of logistics automation and in the field of factory automation and safety technology. These are fast (fast filling processes with more than 10 measurements / second) and inexpensive and can reliably determine the position and / or the distance to an object due to the relatively easily focusable optical radiation on which the measurement is based.
  • the sensor arrangement has a control unit.
  • the control unit is set up to connect to the display device in a wired or wireless manner and to configure the display device in order to activate the display device cyclically at a predetermined time interval or by a trigger signal.
  • the control unit can be connected on site to the display device by wire or cable in order to configure the self-sufficient display device. For this purpose, a corresponding connection can be provided in the display device in order to accommodate the control unit. Alternatively or additionally, the control unit can connect wirelessly to the display device by radio or via the cloud system.
  • the control unit can be designed as a mobile operating device and can be integrated in the networked system or in the networked sensor arrangement.
  • the control unit can be set up to configure the display device of the sensor arrangement in such a way that the signal display can display the measurement data of the sensor, the status of the sensor optically and / or acoustically, and the light display with a defined color, according to a specific signal pattern or color gradient, cyclically a predetermined time interval and / or by a trigger signal, such as. B. a broadcast command to signal specifically.
  • control unit is set up to send out a broadcast command.
  • display device or the master display device is set up to display the measurement data of the sensor or of the plurality of sensors simultaneously by means of the broadcast command.
  • control unit can be designed as a master operating device and thus be connected to the multiple autonomous display devices.
  • control unit may receive a signal transmitted by the cloud system as a trigger signal for activating one or more of the display devices.
  • a master display device can be integrated in the control unit. The data reception from the cloud system and the configuration of the plurality of display devices can thus be controlled in a uniform manner on the basis of the received measurement data. The automation of the sensor arrangement in the process plant can thus be optimized.
  • Another aspect of the present disclosure relates to a display device for displaying measurement data of a fill level or limit level measurement or a pressure measurement by means of a sensor arrangement.
  • Another aspect of the present disclosure relates to a control unit for configuring an autonomous display device of a sensor arrangement for level or limit level measurement of a product or for pressure measurement in a container.
  • Another aspect of the present disclosure relates to the use of an autonomous display device of a sensor arrangement for the level or limit level display of a product or the pressure display in a container, for displaying a status of the sensor or for detecting the container.
  • Another aspect of the present disclosure relates to a method for level or limit level measurement of a product or a pressure measurement in a container. The method comprises the following steps: sending and receiving a measurement signal by means of a sensor and calculating measurement data, separate provision of a display device for displaying the measurement data of the sensor, wireless reception of the measurement data from the sensor by means of a receiving unit of the display device, and display of the measurement data of the sensor by means of a signal display of the display device.
  • the method further comprises the following steps: wired or wireless connection of a control unit to the display device and configuration of the display device and activation of the display device cyclically with a predetermined time interval or by a trigger signal.
  • Another aspect of the invention relates to a program element which, when executed on a processor of a sensor arrangement, instructs the sensor arrangement to carry out the following steps: sending and receiving a measurement signal by means of a sensor and calculating measurement data, separate provision of a display device for displaying the Measurement data of the sensor, wireless reception of the measurement data of the sensor by means of a receiving unit of the display device, and display of the measurement data of the sensor by means of a signal display of the display device.
  • the program element can instruct the sensor arrangement to carry out the further steps: wired or wireless connection of a control unit to the display device and configuration of the display device and activation of the display device cyclically at a predetermined time interval or by a trigger signal.
  • Another aspect of the invention relates to a computer-readable medium on which a program element is stored.
  • Another aspect of the invention relates to a control unit on which a program element is stored.
  • a control unit on which a program element is stored.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic representation of a sensor arrangement for level or limit level measurement according to an embodiment.
  • Fig. 2 shows a schematic representation of a sensor arrangement for level or limit level measurement according to a further embodiment.
  • FIG. 3 shows a schematic illustration of an autarkic display device according to an embodiment.
  • FIG. 4 shows a schematic illustration of the communication paths within a sensor arrangement according to an embodiment.
  • FIG. 5 shows a schematic illustration of the arrangement of an autarkic display device in a system according to an embodiment.
  • FIG. 6 shows a schematic representation of the arrangement of a control unit in a system according to an embodiment.
  • FIG. 7 shows a flow diagram of a method for measuring the fill level or limit level measurement of a fill substance according to an embodiment.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic illustration of a sensor arrangement 900 for measuring the level or limit level of a product 55 in a container 50.
  • the sensor arrangement 900 comprises a sensor 20 and a display device or an autarkic display device 100, which is provided separately from the sensor 20 and is wirelessly connected to the sensor 20.
  • the sensor 20 is set up to transmit and receive a measurement signal and to calculate measurement data.
  • the sensor 20 can be a radar sensor.
  • the measurement signal emitted by the sensor 20 can propagate in the direction of the product 55 or the medium that is located in an IBC container 50, for example, and can be reflected by the surface of the product 55.
  • the IBC container 50 is arranged and fastened in a steel frame 10 or a strut and has a lid 52 in order to form a closed interior space for the filling material 55.
  • the IBC container 50 can consist of a plastic so that the wall of the container 50 can let the measurement signal of the sensor 20 through.
  • the sensor 20 can communicate wirelessly with the autarkic display device 100, which can be provided separately from the sensor 20 as an independent component of the sensor arrangement 900.
  • the self-sufficient display device 100 can be flexibly arranged independently of the arrangement of the sensor 20, namely inside the container 50, as shown in FIG. 1, or outside the container 50, as shown in FIG. 2.
  • the self-sufficient display device 100 has a receiving unit 110, which is set up to wirelessly receive the measurement data from the sensor 20, and a signal display 180, which is set up to display the measurement data from the sensor 20.
  • a receiving unit 110 which is set up to wirelessly receive the measurement data from the sensor 20
  • a signal display 180 which is set up to display the measurement data from the sensor 20.
  • the self-sufficient display device 100 can be arranged within the container 50 or in such a way that the self-sufficient display device 100 can be arranged on or in the filling material 55 or the medium.
  • the self-sufficient display device 100 can float on the filling material 55 or be sunk into the filling material.
  • the autarkic display device 100 can have an encapsulation which is set up to encapsulate the autarkic display device 100 in order to protect the display device 100 in a watertight manner.
  • the self-sufficient display device 100 arranged on or in the filling material 55 can have an illuminated display and be set up, based on the measurement data received from the sensor 20, a light signal 101 in the form of a light beam or to emit and signal a beam of light through the container 50.
  • the self-sufficient display device 100 can be arranged outside the container 55.
  • the self-sufficient display device 100 in FIG. 2 can be arranged laterally on the container 50 or on the outside of the frame 10.
  • the sensor arrangement 900 can thus advantageously simplify the display of the measurement data from the sensor 20 and optimize the recognizability or readability of the autarkic display device 100.
  • the measurement data from the sensor 20 via a radio link can be transmitted to the self-sufficient display device 100.
  • a radio link such as. B. Bluetooth, WLAN, LoraWan, NB-IOT
  • the wireless communication between the autarkic display device 100 and the sensor 20 can take place via a cloud system 200, a central computer or a control level.
  • the autarkic display device 100 of the sensor arrangement 900.
  • the autarkic display device 100 also has a power supply 120 and electronics 150.
  • the receiving unit 110 of the autonomous display device 100 can be set up to wirelessly receive the measurement data from the sensor 20, for example by radio or via a cloud system 200.
  • the reception can be carried out permanently, cyclically with a predetermined time interval or activated by a trigger signal.
  • the electronics 150 of the autonomous display device 100 can be designed, for example, in the form of a circuit board so that the receiving unit 110, the power supply 120 and the signal display 180 can be arranged on the electronics 150 and be electrically connected via the electronics 150.
  • the energy supply 120 is a built-in self-sufficient energy supply unit that is arranged within the display device 100 is to provide the energy required to operate the self-sufficient display device 100 wirelessly.
  • the energy supply 120 can have a battery or a rechargeable battery that can, for example, be inductively charged from the outside. Alternatively or additionally, the battery can be charged using energy harvesting. It is also possible for the self-sufficient display device 100 to be charged in a wired manner by means of the power supply 120 at a charging station and then to be able to be used to display the measurement data.
  • the signal display 180 of the autonomous display device 100 can be set up to display the measurement data of the sensor 20.
  • the signal display 180 can be set up to visually and / or acoustically display the measurement data from the sensor 20, and / or to visually and / or acoustically display the status of the sensor 20, and / or to identify the container 50 assigned to the identification of the sensor 20 .
  • the signal display 180 of the autonomous display device 100 can be an illuminated display.
  • the illuminated display can be configured to be configurable by several colors in order to visually visualize the measurement data of the sensor 20 or the switching states of the sensor 20.
  • the illuminated display 100 can be permanent, cyclical or by a trigger signal, such as. B. a radio signal, a button, a defined level or limit level change can be activated or switched on.
  • FIG. 4 shows a schematic illustration of the communication paths within a sensor arrangement 900.
  • the sensor arrangement for level or limit level measurement also includes a control unit 310, 320, which is set up to connect wired or wirelessly to the autarkic display device 100 and thus to configure the autarkic display device 100 in order to cycle the autarkic display device 100 at a predetermined time interval or activated by a trigger signal.
  • the control unit 320 can be connected to the autonomous display device 100 on site.
  • the control unit 310 can be connected wirelessly to the autarkic display device 100 by radio or via a cloud system 200.
  • the self-sufficient display device 100 can wirelessly connect to the sensor 20 or a cloud system 200, which is also wirelessly connected to the sensor 20 and can receive the measurement data from the sensor 20 by radio.
  • the autonomous display device 100, the sensor 20 and the control unit 310, 320 of the sensor arrangement 900 can thus be provided and arranged separately from one another.
  • the flexible usability of the sensor arrangement in a system with the plurality of containers to be monitored and the mobility of the sensor arrangement can advantageously be increased.
  • FIG. 5 shows, for example, a schematic representation of the arrangement of an autarkic master display device 106 in a system.
  • the sensor arrangement 900 in FIG. 5 comprises a plurality of sensors in the system, which are each arranged in one of the plurality of containers 50, 60, 70, and a plurality of self-sufficient display devices 100, each of which is one of the plurality of sensors and / or one of the plurality of containers 50, 60, 70 are assigned.
  • the sensors can be identical or different sensors for level or limit level measurement or, for example, for pressure, temperature or flow measurement.
  • the multiple sensors and the multiple autonomous display devices can be wirelessly connected via a cloud system or an IOT cloud platform and a networked system can thereby be formed.
  • the sensor arrangement can thus enable the multiple sensors to transmit the determined or calculated measurement data to the cloud system 200 and the multiple autarkic display devices assigned to the sensors to receive the measurement data from the cloud system 200 and to display the measurement data from the multiple sensors individually, in combination or in summary .
  • the sensor arrangement can furthermore have a further autarkic display device, which can be designed as a master display device 106 in order to display the measurement data of the plurality of sensors via the cloud system 200.
  • the master display device 106 is provided outside of the plurality of containers 50, 60, 70. Since the measurement data of the plurality of sensors are accessible in the cloud system 200, the master display device 106 can be set up, the measurement data or the sensor status a specific sensor or in a network of several sensors and to monitor the level or the limit level in a certain container or in the several containers.
  • FIG. 6 shows a schematic illustration of the arrangement of a control unit 300 in a system according to an embodiment.
  • the sensor arrangement 900 in the system comprises a plurality of sensors, each of which is arranged in one of the plurality of containers 50, 60, 70, and a plurality of self-sufficient display devices 100, each of which is one of the plurality of sensors and / or one of the plurality of containers 50, 60, 70 are assigned.
  • the multiple sensors and the multiple autonomous display devices can be wirelessly connected via a cloud system. It is thus possible for the multiple sensors to transmit the determined or calculated measurement data to the cloud system 200 and for the multiple autarkic display devices assigned to the sensors to receive the measurement data from the cloud system 200 and to display the measurement data individually.
  • the control unit 300 in FIG. 6 is set up to connect wired or wirelessly to the multiple autarkic display devices and to configure the multiple autarkic display devices 100 in order to activate the autarkic display device cyclically at a predetermined time interval or by a trigger signal.
  • the control unit 300 can be designed in the form of a master operating device.
  • the connection between the control unit 300 and the multiple autonomous display devices, which are each assigned to the multiple containers 50, 60, 70, can take place via cable or wirelessly by radio.
  • control unit 300 can be set up to be wirelessly connected to the cloud system 200 and to receive a signal transmitted by the cloud system 200 as a trigger signal for activating a display device or the multiple autonomous display devices.
  • a master display device 106 as shown in FIG. 3, can be integrated in the control unit 300.
  • the data can be received from the cloud system 200 and the configuration of the plurality of autonomous display devices can be based on the received measurement data can be controlled uniformly.
  • step 701 a measurement signal is transmitted and received by means of a sensor 20 of a sensor arrangement 900 and the measurement data are calculated using the measurement signal.
  • step 702 an autonomous display device 100, which has a receiving unit 110 and a signal display 180, is provided separately for the sensor arrangement 900 for displaying the measurement data of the sensor.
  • the self-sufficient display device 100 can thus be arranged flexibly inside or outside the container independently of the arrangement of the sensor 20.
  • the measurement data are received wirelessly from the sensor 20 by means of the receiving unit 110 of the autarkic display device 100. The reception can take place via a radio link or a cloud system 200.
  • step 704 the measurement data of the sensor 20 are displayed by means of the signal display 180 of the autarkic display device 100.
  • a control unit 300, 310, 320 of the sensor arrangement 900 is connected to the autonomous display device 100 in a wired or wireless manner in step 705. Subsequently, in step 706, the autonomous display device 100 is configured by the control unit 300, 310, 320 and activated cyclically with a predetermined time interval or a trigger signal.

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L'invention concerne un système de détection (900) pour la mesure de niveau de remplissage ou de niveau limite d'un produit de remplissage (55) ou la mesure de pression dans un récipient (50). Le système de détection (900) comporte un capteur (20) et un dispositif d'affichage (100) Le capteur (20) est conçu pour émettre et recevoir un signal de mesure et pour calculer des données de mesure. Le dispositif d'affichage (100) est séparé du capteur et comporte une unité de réception (110) qui est conçue pour la réception sans fil des données de mesure du capteur (20), et un affichage de signal (180) qui est conçu pour afficher les données de mesure du capteur (20).
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