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Patent No.:

US 7189958 B1

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Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2007

Filed:

Nov. 17, 2003
Applicants:

William B. Spillman, Jr., Floyd, VA (US);

Kenith Meissner, Ii, Blacksburg, VA (US);

Jianmin Gong, Evanston, IL (US);

Michael F. Mayer, Norfolk, VA (US);

Jennifer Diane Bennett, Leesburg, VA (US);

Inventors:

William B. Spillman, Jr., Floyd, VA (US);

Kenith Meissner, II, Blacksburg, VA (US);

Jianmin Gong, Evanston, IL (US);

Michael F. Mayer, Norfolk, VA (US);

Jennifer Diane Bennett, Leesburg, VA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a spatially distributed multimode optical fiber; a photodetector configured to detect optical signals provided from said fiber; a wireless digital module coupled to said photodetector and adapted to wirelessly transmit a wireless signal encoding a plurality of detected variables of the optical signals; a wireless receiver adapted to receive the wireless signal; and a signal processing module coupled to said wireless receiver and adapted to decode and interpret the plurality of detected variables of the optical signals.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Spillman, Jr., William. (2007). System, device, and method for detecting perturbations via a fiber optic sensor (U.S. Patent No. 7189958). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7189958

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