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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2011
Johannes Maria Vianney Antonius Koelman, Rijswijk, NL;
Peter Berkeley Wills, Houston, TX (US);
Menno Mathieu Molenaar, Calgary, CA;
Barbara Ellen Cox, Calgary, CA;
Daniel Joinson, Rijswijk, NL;
Johannes Maria Vianney Antonius Koelman, Rijswijk, NL;
Peter Berkeley Wills, Houston, TX (US);
Menno Mathieu Molenaar, Calgary, CA;
Barbara Ellen Cox, Calgary, CA;
Daniel Joinson, Rijswijk, NL;
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for determining the physical location of a fiber optic channel in a fiber optic cable comprises the steps of a) providing at least one location key having a known physical location, b) establishing the location of the location key with respect to the fiber optic channel, and c) using the location information established in step b) to determine the physical location of the channel. The location key may comprises an acoustic source, a section of fiber optic cable that is acoustically masked, or at least one magnetic field source and step b) comprises using a Lorentz force to establish the location of the magnetic field source with respect to the fiber optic channel.