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Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2008

Filed:

Mar. 17, 2005
Applicants:

Yoshihiro Ozawa, Tomisato, JP;

Katsunori Shinoda, Narita, JP;

Mitsuo Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;

Hisaaki Kawaguchi, Tokyo, JP;

Hajime Kato, Hitachi, JP;

Inventors:

Yoshihiro Ozawa, Tomisato, JP;

Katsunori Shinoda, Narita, JP;

Mitsuo Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;

Hisaaki Kawaguchi, Tokyo, JP;

Hajime Kato, Hitachi, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 19/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A road-ice detecting sensor includes: a temperature sensing member of T shape made of a highly heat conductive metal, having a temperature sensor to be grounded onto a road and a fin part erected from this temperature sensor; an optical fiber having an FBG bonded onto the fin part of the temperature sensing member; and a case having a heat insulating member surrounding the fin part of the temperature sensing member and the optical fiber. A plurality of number of the read-ice detecting sensors are installed on a road, connected to one another via an optical cable. Pulsed light is launched into one of the ends of the optical cable, and beams of reflected light from the respective road-ice detecting sensors are received to measure the road temperature.


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