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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2017
Carrier Corporation, Jupiter, FL (US);
Michael J. Birnkrant, Wethersfield, CT (US);
Jennifer M. Alexander, Roseville, MN (US);
Alan Matthew Finn, Hebron, CT (US);
Yanzhi Chen, Shanghai, CN;
Hui Fang, Shanghai, CN;
Jie Xi, Shanghai, CN;
Peter R. Harris, West Hartford, CT (US);
CARRIER CORPORATION, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Abstract
A detection system for measuring one or more conditions within a predetermined area including a fiber harness having at least one fiber optic cable for transmitting light. The at least one fiber optic cable defines a plurality of nodes arranged to measure the one or more conditions. A control system is operably coupled to the fiber harness such that scattered light associated with the plurality of nodes is transmitted to the control system. The control system analyzes the scattered light from each of the plurality of nodes individually and the control system analyzes the scattered light from each of the plurality of nodes collectively to determine at least one of a presence and magnitude of the one or more conditions within the predetermined area.