Vision System Lets Driver See Into Fuel Tank. From: Assembly | Date: June 1, 2000 | COPYRIGHT 2000 BNP Media. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

UNIVERSITY PARK, PA--For many drivers, knowing how far they can drive as the fuel gauge needle nears "E" is a proudly practiced black art.

Researchers at Penn State University are taking that black art one step further. They have developed a fuel gauge that uses machine vision to give drivers an electronic image of exactly how much fuel is left.

Two transparent glass portholes in the top of the fuel tank allow all the access needed to determine the depth of th...