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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2017
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Ryo Tojo, Hachioji, JP;
Hiromasa Fujita, Hachioji, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
At least one optical fiber of a fiber sensor has sensing parts whose number is number of the anticipated inflection points+one or more, the anticipated inflection points being inflection points of a shape of a detection target range of a detection target. The number of the anticipated inflection points is decided based on one of a functional limit and a structural limit which limit a degree of freedom in a bending shape of the detection target. A space Lbetween the anticipated inflection points is L=r·θ, wherein ris a curvature radius at a maximum bending of the detection target range of the detection target, θis a central angle of an arc created by the space between the anticipated inflection points at the maximum bending, and θ≥π/2.