PORTABLE DEVICE, OPTICAL FIBER SENSING SYSTEM, AND ANALYSIS METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20240125627A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-18

    申请号:US18276783

    申请日:2021-03-26

    申请人: NEC Corporation

    IPC分类号: G01D5/353

    CPC分类号: G01D5/353

    摘要: Provided is a portable device which make it possible to facilitate analysis, in cooperation with an external system, on data obtained by optical fiber sensing. A portable device comprises: a sensing unit configured to execute optical fiber sensing using an optical fiber cable; an analysis unit configured to execute primary analysis processing on sensing data obtained by the optical fiber sensing; a communication unit configured to transmit data containing the results of the primary analysis processing to an external analysis unit configured to execute, outside the portable device, secondary analysis processing based on the results of the primary analysis processing; and a housing which accommodates the sensing unit, the analysis unit, and the communication unit.

    METHODS FOR DETERMINING SENSOR CHANNEL LOCATION IN DISTRIBUTED SENSING OF FIBER-OPTIC CABLES

    公开(公告)号:US20230184622A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-15

    申请号:US17644003

    申请日:2021-12-13

    IPC分类号: G01M11/00 G01D5/353 G02B6/02

    摘要: Methods for determining sensor channel location in distributed sensing of fiber-optic cables are disclosed. In one method, three or more Fiber Bragg-Gratings (FBGs) connected in series by a standard telecommunication fiber and interrogated using an input distributed fiber-optic sensing (DFOS) laser, where the input DFOS laser has a single wavelength. The input DFOS laser operates on a single wavelength that is different than the respective wavelengths of each of the three or more FBGs. The three or more FBGs are interrogated using an input broadband FBG laser. Each FBG reflects a wavelength of laser light that is proportional to the grating size, using an optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR) at the FBG wavelength, the distance to the particular FBG in the optical domain is computed and compared to the physical measurement of the FBG location. The sensor channel locations of the DFOS system are calibrated and constrained using this method.

    HUMIDITY SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    43.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180238791A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-23

    申请号:US15903638

    申请日:2018-02-23

    IPC分类号: G01N19/10 G01D5/353 G02B6/42

    摘要: A humidity sensing method and system comprising a transmitter, comprising a fiber optic head and a light source comprising a single LED emitting a measuring light, a receiver, and a sensing assembly comprising a plurality of optical fibers each comprising a first end fed the measuring light, a transducer positioned along a length thereof, the transducer comprising a side-polished portion of the optical fiber, the side polished portion coated with a gold layer and a film of a hydrophilic material wherein the transducer modifies an intensity of the measuring light dependent on an ambient humidity, and a second end for feeding the modified measuring light to the receiver, wherein the receiver compares an intensity of the measuring light with an intensity of the modified measuring light deriving therefrom a corresponding humidity level and dew point temperature.

    Systems, methods, and software for determining spatially variable distributions of the dielectric properties of a material

    公开(公告)号:US09909987B1

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-06

    申请号:US14813834

    申请日:2015-07-30

    IPC分类号: G01R27/04 G01N21/55 G01N27/02

    摘要: Systems, methods, and software for measuring the spatially variable relative dielectric permittivity of materials along a linear or otherwise configured sensor element, and more specifically the spatial variability of soil moisture in one dimension as inferred from the dielectric profile of the soil matrix surrounding a linear sensor element. Various methods described herein combine advances in the processing of time domain reflectometry data with innovations in physical sensing apparatuses. These advancements enable high temporal (and thus spatial) resolution of electrical reflectance continuously along an insulated waveguide that is permanently emplaced in contact with adjacent soils. The spatially resolved reflectance is directly related to impedance changes along the waveguide that are dominated by electrical permittivity contrast due to variations in soil moisture. Various methods described herein are thus able to monitor soil moisture in profile with high spatial resolution.

    Flow Sensing in Subterranean Wells
    49.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170138179A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-05-18

    申请号:US15325413

    申请日:2014-08-20

    IPC分类号: E21B47/10 G01D5/353

    摘要: A flow rate sensing system can include an optical waveguide, an optical interrogator that detects optical scatter in the optical waveguide, and an emitter that produces vibration in response to flow, the optical scatter being influenced by the vibration. A method of measuring flow rate can include detecting optical scattering in an optical waveguide, the optical scattering varying in response to changes in vibration produced by an emitter, and the vibration changing in response to the flow rate changing. A well system can include at least one tubular string positioned in a wellbore, multiple locations at which fluid flows between an interior and an exterior of the tubular string, multiple emitters, each of which produces vibration in response to the flow between the interior and the exterior of the tubular string, and an optical waveguide in which optical scatter varies in response to changes in the vibration.

    POSITION SENSING
    50.
    发明申请
    POSITION SENSING 审中-公开
    位置感测

    公开(公告)号:US20170057659A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-02

    申请号:US15254365

    申请日:2016-09-01

    IPC分类号: B64D45/00 G01D5/353

    摘要: An apparatus for determining the position of an object having one or more magnetic elements. The apparatus includes magnetostrictive optical sensors, each arranged to produce a signal which is indicative of a proximity of the sensor to the one or more magnetic elements. The apparatus is arranged to determine the position of the object based on a plurality of such proximity signals.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于确定具有一个或多个磁性元件的物体的位置的装置。 该装置包括磁致伸缩光学传感器,每个光学传感器被布置成产生指示传感器与一个或多个磁性元件接近的信号。 该装置被布置为基于多个这样的接近信号来确定对象的位置。