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Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2026

Filed:

May. 17, 2023
Applicant:

Nec Laboratories America, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Yueheng Chen, South Brunswick, NJ (US);

Ming-Fang Huang, Princeton, NJ (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/353 (2006.01); G01C 21/20 (2006.01); G01H 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/35358 (2013.01); G01C 21/206 (2013.01); G01H 9/004 (2013.01);
Abstract

A distributed fiber optic sensing (DFOS) system including a smart-mat that: 1) identifies indoor locations of moving persons/objects; 2) provides a 2D visual mapping; and 3) covers any blind spots with supplemental technologies including LiDAR, RF radar, etc. The DFOS system with smart-mat may be deployed virtually anywhere indoors and may even be constructed to replace carpeting. When our inventive DFOS system and smart-mat is deployed throughout an entire building, building safety and security is greatly improved by providing up-to-date localization information of building occupants while eliminating blind zones and reducing maintenance costs.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Chen, Yueheng. (2026). High resolution 2d indoor localization with fiber optic sensor (U.S. Patent No. 12768680). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12768680

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