System and method for sensing loads
    42.
    发明授权
    System and method for sensing loads 有权
    用于感测负载的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US08209092B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-06-26

    申请号:US11726767

    申请日:2007-03-23

    Inventor: Patricia Wiener

    CPC classification number: G01L1/243 B60R21/01534 G01G3/125 G01G19/4142

    Abstract: An optical sensing system detects pressure through attenuation of light in an optical fiber. The weight and position of a load on a mat including multiple optical fibers may be determined; for example, such a mat may be used in an automobile seat to determine theses parameters for a passenger in the seat. This information can be presented to an airbag deployment system to easily enable the airbag to be deployed or suppressed in a manner sensitive to the weight and position of the occupant. This methodology allows loads, load movement, and load position to be detected in vehicles. In applications for vehicles such as aircraft or boats, sensing weight, position and movement of cargo can warn an operator or pilot in sufficient time to correct dangerous shifts in weight within the cargo portion of the vehicle or to modify the operation of the vehicle to compensate for such shifts.

    Abstract translation: 光学传感系统通过衰减光纤中的光来检测压力。 可以确定包括多根光纤的垫子上的载荷的重量和位置; 例如,这样的垫可以用在汽车座椅中以确定座椅中的乘客的这些参数。 该信息可以呈现给安全气囊展开系统,以便于以对乘客的重量和位置敏感的方式部署或抑制气囊。 该方法允许在车辆中检测负载,负载运动和负载位置。 在诸如飞机或船只等车辆的应用中,货物的感测重量,位置和运动可以在足够的时间警告操作者或飞行员,以纠正车辆货物部分内的重量危险变化,或者修改车辆的操作以补偿 为这样的转变。

    DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISCRETE DISTRIBUTED OPTICAL FIBER PRESSURE SENSING
    43.
    发明申请
    DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISCRETE DISTRIBUTED OPTICAL FIBER PRESSURE SENSING 有权
    用于离散光纤光纤传感的设备和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20110191031A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-08-04

    申请号:US12956777

    申请日:2010-11-30

    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating at least one parameter includes: a deformable member configured to deform in response to the at least one parameter; a housing surrounding at least a portion of an external surface of the deformable member to define an isolated region around the portion and an isolated surface of the deformable member; and at least one optical fiber sensor disposed on the isolated surface and held in an operable relationship with the isolated surface, the at least one optical fiber sensor configured to generate a signal in response to a deformation of the deformable member.

    Abstract translation: 用于估计至少一个参数的装置包括:可变形构件,被配置为响应于所述至少一个参数而变形; 围绕所述可变形构件的外表面的至少一部分的壳体,以限定所述可变形构件的所述部分和隔离表面周围的隔离区域; 以及至少一个光纤传感器,其布置在所述隔离表面上并且与所述隔离表面保持可操作的关系,所述至少一个光纤传感器被配置为响应于所述可变形构件的变形而产生信号。

    OPTICAL DEVICE
    44.
    发明申请
    OPTICAL DEVICE 有权
    光学装置

    公开(公告)号:US20110116743A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-05-19

    申请号:US12922001

    申请日:2009-03-11

    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an optical device comprising a first optical fibre portion having a first region and further regions between which the first region is positioned. The optical device also comprises a second optical fibre portion having a second region and further regions between which the second region is positioned. Further, the optical fibre comprises at least one member to which the first and second optical fibre portions are attached at the first and second regions. The first and second regions are positioned at opposite sides of an area defined between the first and second regions and spaced apart from each other by a first distance and wherein adjacent further regions are spaced apart by a second distance that is smaller than the first distance.

    Abstract translation: 本公开提供了一种光学装置,其包括具有第一区域的第一光纤部分和位于第一区域之间的其它区域。 该光学装置还包括具有第二区域的第二光纤部分和位于第二区域之间的其它区域。 此外,光纤包括在第一和第二区域处附接有第一和第二光纤部分的至少一个构件。 第一和第二区域位于限定在第一和第二区域之间并且彼此间隔开第一距离的区域的相对侧上,并且其中相邻的另外的区域间隔开小于第一距离的第二距离。

    Micro-optical wall shear stress sensor
    45.
    发明授权
    Micro-optical wall shear stress sensor 有权
    微光学墙剪切应力传感器

    公开(公告)号:US07701586B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-04-20

    申请号:US11926793

    申请日:2007-10-29

    CPC classification number: G01L1/243

    Abstract: Stresses and strains on a solid surface subject to a fluid flow are dynamically measured based on a shift of optical resonances of a micro-resonator. The elastic deformation and refractive index change of a micro-resonator due to mechanical stress is exploited. With this approach, mechanical deformations in the order of a nanometer can be detected and related to shear stress.

    Abstract translation: 基于微谐振器的光学谐振的偏移来动态地测量受到流体流动的固体表面的应力和应变。 利用机械应力引起的微谐振器的弹性变形和折射率变化。 通过这种方法,可以检测到纳米级的机械变形并与剪切应力相关。

    Fiber optic strain sensor and associated data acquisition system
    48.
    发明申请
    Fiber optic strain sensor and associated data acquisition system 失效
    光纤应变传感器及相关数据采集系统

    公开(公告)号:US20060104561A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-05-18

    申请号:US11164113

    申请日:2005-11-10

    Abstract: A fiber optic polarimetric strain sensor and associated data acquisition system capable of all-optical measurements of physical parameters, such as structural strain, gas and liquid pressure, acceleration and vibration, gas and liquid flow rate, and force without fire and explosion hazards associated with conventional strain gage technologies, such as resistance foil strain gages. The polarimetric strain sensor houses a sensitive element—a length of single mode optic fiber—changing polarization of a single-mode optical signal running in the fiber under some mechanical affects, specifically twisting and radial compressing. A linearly-polarized light passes the sensor, which causes polarization deviation of the light, particularly, polarization plane rotation under mentioned above twisting or compressive stresses applied to a sensitive element of the sensor. A multi-channel time division multiplexing data acquisition system that includes polarization analyzer indicates the polarization state deviation caused by the strain, so allow measuring the parameters. The invention may be embodied for measurements of any phenomenon that can be transformed in stress on an optical fiber.

    Abstract translation: 一种光纤偏振应变传感器和相关的数据采集系统,能够对物理参数进行全光学测量,如结构应变,气体和液体压力,加速度和振动,气体和液体流速以及与此相关的无火灾和爆炸危险的力 常规应变计技术,如电阻箔应变计。 偏振应变传感器容纳一个敏感元件 - 在一些机械影响下,特别是扭曲和径向压缩,在光纤中运行的单模光信号的单模光纤变化极化的长度。 线性偏振光通过传感器,这导致光的偏振偏差,特别是在上述扭转或压缩应力施加到传感器的敏感元件上的偏振面旋转。 包括偏振分析仪的多通道时分复用数据采集系统表示由应变引起的极化状态偏差,因此允许测量参数。 本发明可以被实施用于测量可以在光纤上应力变化的任何现象。

    Fiber optic self-multiplexing amplified ring transducer and force
transfer sensor with pressure compensation
    49.
    发明授权
    Fiber optic self-multiplexing amplified ring transducer and force transfer sensor with pressure compensation 失效
    光纤自复用放大环形传感器和力传递传感器与压力补偿

    公开(公告)号:US5637865A

    公开(公告)日:1997-06-10

    申请号:US668620

    申请日:1996-06-11

    CPC classification number: G01L1/247 G01D5/35335 G01D5/35348 G01L1/243

    Abstract: A fiber optic sensor is also disclosed for measuring or detecting the prece of an environmental field condition such as under-water acoustic perturbations. The sensor includes a force transfer transducer, which is enclosed within a shell, with a pressure equalizer for equalizing the interior and exterior shell pressures. An optical fiber is coiled about the transducer. An optical detector detects stress or strain in the optical fiber, resulting from external perturbations. The sensor is able to operate at various depths or altitudes. Pressure equalization enables the isolation of dynamic external perturbations from other pressure variations. For this purpose, a pressure equalizing valve may be used to allow the equalization of slow changes in static pressures, and the detection of higher frequency perturbations which might emanate from a target source.

    Abstract translation: 还公开了一种用于测量或检测诸如水下声学扰动的环境场条件的存在的光纤传感器。 该传感器包括一个力传递换能器,其被封装在壳体内,并具有用于均衡内外壳压力的压力均衡器。 光纤绕传感器盘绕。 光学检测器检测由于外部扰动导致的光纤中的应力或应变。 传感器能够在各种深度或高度运行。 压力均衡使动态外部扰动与其他压力变化隔离。 为此,可以使用均压阀来均衡静压力的缓慢变化,以及检测可能从目标源发出的较高频率的扰动。

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