US 12,072,233 B2
Fiber optic sensing for reduced field work conflicts
Yangmin Ding, East Brunswick, NJ (US); Yue Tian, Princeton, NJ (US); Sarper Ozharar, Princeton, NJ (US); Yuanda Xu, Jersey City, NJ (US); and Ting Wang, West Windsor, NJ (US)
Assigned to NEC Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by NEC Laboratories America, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US)
Filed on Apr. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/716,403.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/173,547, filed on Apr. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0326070 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. G01H 9/00 (2006.01); G06N 3/04 (2023.01); G06N 3/08 (2023.01); G06N 20/20 (2019.01); G06Q 50/06 (2012.01)
CPC G01H 9/004 (2013.01) [G06N 3/04 (2013.01); G06N 3/08 (2013.01); G06N 20/20 (2019.01); G06Q 50/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for reducing work conflicts, comprising:
receiving a vibrational signal from a utility pole;
identifying a location and type of field work on the utility pole from one or more features of the vibrational signal utilizing a trained neural network; and
communicating the location and type of field work to a third party.