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公开(公告)号:US20200319018A1
公开(公告)日:2020-10-08
申请号:US16839686
申请日:2020-04-03
Applicant: NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
Inventor: Ming-Fang HUANG , Ting WANG
Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure describe distributed optical fiber sensing for smart city applications in which distributed optical fiber sensing is integrated with a surveillance system into a single system such that the distributed sensing system may detect an event of interest and the surveillance system including cameras may be reoriented in response to verify and/or examine and/or acquire video of the event. Of particular advantage such distributed fiber sensing may include distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) for vibrational sensing and distributed temperature sensing (DTS) for temperature sensing. The integrated system employs shared optical fiber transport for the distributed sensing and the surveillance.
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公开(公告)号:US20200313763A1
公开(公告)日:2020-10-01
申请号:US16830160
申请日:2020-03-25
Applicant: NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
Inventor: Ting WANG , Ming-Fang HUANG , Tiejun XIA , Glenn WELLBROCK , Yaowen LI , Philip JI
IPC: H04B10/071 , G01M11/00 , G01D5/353 , H04B10/2575 , H04B10/27 , H04B10/40
Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure describe optical fiber sensing systems, methods and structures disclosing a distributed fiber sensor network constructed on an existing, live network, data carrying, optical fiber telecommunications infrastructure to detect temperatures, acoustic effects, and vehicle traffic—among others. Of particular significance, sensing systems, methods, and structures according to aspects of the present disclosure may advantageously identify specific network locations relative to manholes/handholes and environmental conditions within those manholes/handholes namely, normal, flooded, frozen/iced, etc.
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公开(公告)号:US20200007234A1
公开(公告)日:2020-01-02
申请号:US16454054
申请日:2019-06-27
Applicant: NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
Inventor: Yue-Kai HUANG , Ezra IP , Philip Nan JI , Ming-Fang HUANG
IPC: H04B10/2543 , H04B10/25
Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure describe systems, methods and structures providing bidirectional optical fiber communication and sensing using the same fiber transmission band and bidirectional WDM fiber sharing such that communications channels and optical fiber sensing channel(s) coexist on the same fiber. As a result, nonlinear interaction between communications channels and interrogating pulse(s) of sensing are much reduced or eliminated.
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公开(公告)号:US20200003588A1
公开(公告)日:2020-01-02
申请号:US16454053
申请日:2019-06-27
Applicant: NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
Inventor: Ming-Fang HUANG , Ting WANG
Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure describe systems, methods and structures employing optical fiber sensing to monitor highway/roadway/street conditions (i.e., potholes, pavement cracks, etc.) in real-time, continuously, and while the highway/roadway/street remains in operation (in-service monitoring). Systems, methods, and structures according to aspects of the present disclosure may employ machine learning (ML) algorithms including neural networks to provide and or report on highway conditions so monitored/sensed. Of further advantage, systems, methods, and structures for optical fiber sensing for highway maintenance may operate in real-time, continuously, long-term, in-service, and may employ existing telecommunications optical cables without additional deployment cost(s) or disruption of telecommunications traffic.
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公开(公告)号:US20240133719A1
公开(公告)日:2024-04-25
申请号:US18485223
申请日:2023-10-11
Applicant: NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
Inventor: Milad SALEMI , Ming-Fang HUANG , Shaobo HAN , Yuheng CHEN
CPC classification number: G01D5/35361 , G01H9/004
Abstract: Systems and methods for manhole localization along deployed fiber optic cables that employs cross-correlation methodologies and ambient road traffic operating proximate to the manholes including fiber optic telecommunications cables to detect the manhole locations using distributed fiber optic sensing (DFOS). Advantageously the manhole locations are determined without employing labor intensive field surveys.
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公开(公告)号:US20230375376A1
公开(公告)日:2023-11-23
申请号:US18319469
申请日:2023-05-17
Applicant: NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
Inventor: Yueheng CHEN , Ming-Fang HUANG
CPC classification number: G01D5/35358 , G01H9/004
Abstract: A distributed fiber optic sensing (DFOS) system including a smart-mat that: 1) identifies indoor locations of moving persons/objects; 2) provides a 2D visual mapping; and 3) covers any blind spots with supplemental technologies including LiDAR, RF radar, etc. The DFOS system with smart-mat may be deployed virtually anywhere indoors and may even be constructed to replace carpeting. When our inventive DFOS system and smart-mat is deployed throughout an entire building, building safety and security is greatly improved by providing up-to-date localization information of building occupants while eliminating blind zones and reducing maintenance costs.
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公开(公告)号:US20230366726A1
公开(公告)日:2023-11-16
申请号:US18316205
申请日:2023-05-11
Applicant: NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
Inventor: Shaobo HAN , Ming-Fang HUANG , Ting Wang
IPC: G01H9/00
CPC classification number: G01H9/004
Abstract: A distributed fiber optic sensing (DFOS) system and method employing a fiber optic sensor cable that autonomously collects DFOS data and employs artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) to distinguish sections of the fiber optic sensor cable that are above ground (aerial), below ground (buried), and buried but occasionally above ground, in addition to any change(s) that occur with respect to the fiber optic sensor cable at such sections.
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公开(公告)号:US20230028676A1
公开(公告)日:2023-01-26
申请号:US17871816
申请日:2022-07-22
Applicant: NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
Inventor: Ming-Fang HUANG , Shaobo HAN , Ting WANG , Yuheng CHEN , Yangmin DING , Yue TIAN , Sarper OZHARAR
IPC: G01H9/00
Abstract: Systems and methods for determining fiber optic facility (cable) location using distributed fiber optic sensing (DFOS) and sequence pattern matching of vibration excitation signals applied to a sensor fiber. The use of sequence pattern matching with unique pattern codes allow for the precise determination of location and length of deployed fiber cable while exhibiting an immunity from environmental vibrations proximate to the fiber. As a result improved measurements are realized and false alarms are eliminated.
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公开(公告)号:US20220196462A1
公开(公告)日:2022-06-23
申请号:US17555990
申请日:2021-12-20
Applicant: NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
Inventor: Shaobo HAN , Ming-Fang HUANG , Yuheng CHEN , Milad SALEMI
Abstract: Distributed fiber optic sensing (DFOS) systems, methods and structures for determining the proximity of vibration sources located perpendicular to a sensor fiber that is part of the DFOS system that may potentially threaten/damage or otherwise compromise the sensor fiber itself. Systems, methods, and structures according to aspects of the present disclosure employ Artificial Intelligence (AI) methodology(ies) that use as input a fundamental physical understanding of wave propagation and attenuation in the ground along with Bayesian inference and Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE) techniques for estimating/determining the proximity of potentially damaging vibration sources to the optical sensor fiber.
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公开(公告)号:US20220065690A1
公开(公告)日:2022-03-03
申请号:US17410820
申请日:2021-08-24
Applicant: NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
Inventor: Shaobo HAN , Ming-Fang HUANG , Yuheng CHEN , Milad SALEMI , Ting WANG , Yoshiaki AONO , Glenn WELLBROCK , Tiejun XIA
Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure describe distributed fiber optic sensing (DFOS) systems, methods, and structures that advantageously enable anomaly detection resulting from construction—or other activity based on image processing that may advantageously detect/notify/prevent damage to a fiber optic network infrastructure before such damage occurs.
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