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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2020
Applicant:
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/26 (2006.01); G08B 21/18 (2006.01); G01K 13/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/268 (2013.01); G08B 21/18 (2013.01); G01K 13/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of detecting removal of a maintenance hatch includes transmitting an optical pulse along an optical fiber, wherein a first portion of the optical fiber is proximate to the maintenance hatch. The method further includes detecting backscatter light from the optical fiber using a sensor. The method further includes determining information related to the first portion of the optical fiber based on a comparison of the detected backscatter light and a trained model. The method further includes identifying whether the maintenance hatch has been removed based on the determined information.