An apparatus for, and method of, sensing characteristics of a vessel and a fluid conveyed therein In one embodiment, the sensing device for acquiring signals and computing measurements comprises a sensor Including one or more transducers for transmitting acoustic energy, receiving acoustic energy, and converting the received acousticenergy into one or more signals, the one or more transducers facing a side of a vessel, a computing device operating the one or more transducers and processing the one or more signals to obtain measurement values, and a housing enclosing the sensor and the computing deviceLinvention concerne un appareil et un procédé pour détecter des caractéristiques dun vaisseau et dun fluide acheminé à lintérieur.
