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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2008
John Sinclair Huffman, Conyers, GA (US);
James Francis Kirkpatrick, Conyers, GA (US);
Gerald F. Laszakovits, San Antonio, TX (US);
John Sinclair Huffman, Conyers, GA (US);
James Francis Kirkpatrick, Conyers, GA (US);
Gerald F. Laszakovits, San Antonio, TX (US);
AT&T intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
In accordance with an aspect of the disclosed technology, a fiber surveillance system includes a single optical fiber, used, for example, in the detection of acoustic signals associated with vibrations or other activity. In one embodiment of the disclosed technology, the fiber is arranged in a two dimensional topology to improve the spatial resolution of the system. With such a topology the spatial monitoring resolution of the surveillance system is significantly improved over systems in which the fiber is deployed in an essentially straight line topology. In a further embodiment of the disclosed technology, two or more such oriented fibers are juxtaposed or overlapped to yield even greater resolution.