Optical fiber sensing system and method for abnormal occurrence detection

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12130174-B2
Application number	US-201917760845-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 27, 2019
Priority date	Sep 27, 2019
Publication date	Oct 29, 2024
Grant date	Oct 29, 2024

Abstract

An optical fiber sensing system for abnormal occurrence detection includes a receiving unit configured to receive an optical signal from an optical fiber for sensing. The system includes an identifying unit configured to identify an occurrence of an event and a type of the event that has occurred based on a vibration pattern included in the optical signal. The system includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire a detection condition pertaining to a period corresponding to the type of the event identified by the identifying unit. The system includes a determining unit configured to determine that the event identified by the identifying unit is an anomaly if the detection condition is satisfied.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An optical fiber sensing system comprising:
a receiving unit configured to receive an optical signal from an optical fiber for sensing;
an identifying unit configured to identify an occurrence of an event and a type of the event that has occurred based on a vibration pattern included in the optical signal;
an acquiring unit configured to acquire a detection condition pertaining to a period corresponding to the type of the event identified by the identifying unit;
a determining unit configured to determine that the event identified by the identifying unit is an anomaly if the detection condition is satisfied; and
a storage unit configured to store, as history information, information including at least the type of the event identified by the identifying unit, a time of occurrence of the event, a location of the occurrence of the event, content of a vibration when the event occurred, and whether the event is an anomaly,
wherein in a case where the identifying unit has identified the event, the determining unit extracts, from the storage unit, the history information regarding the event identified by the identifying unit and determines whether the detection condition is satisfied based on the extracted history information.

2. The optical fiber sensing system according to claim 1 , wherein the determining unit compresses the history information extracted from the storage unit and determines whether the detection condition is satisfied based on the compressed history information.

3. The optical fiber sensing system according to claim 1 , wherein
the event includes at least a first event and a second event,
the detection condition for the first event is a detection condition pertaining to a first period, and
the detection condition for the second event is a detection condition pertaining to a second period different from the first period.

4. The optical fiber sensing system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a display unit; and
a notifying unit configured to provide an indication, on the display unit, that an anomaly has occurred if the determining unit has determined that the event identified by the identifying unit is an anomaly.

5. The optical fiber sensing system according to claim 4 , wherein in a case where the identifying unit has identified the same event over a predetermined period, the notifying unit displays, on the display unit, a graph indicating a change in at least one of a maximum value, a minimum value, a mean value, or a median value of a vibration intensity observed when the event identified by the identifying unit has occurred.

6. A monitoring method of monitoring with an optical fiber sensing system, the monitoring method comprising:
a receiving step of receiving an optical signal from an optical fiber for sensing;
an identifying step of identifying an occurrence of an event and a type of the event that has occurred based on a vibration pattern included in the optical signal;
an acquiring step of acquiring a detection condition pertaining to a period corresponding to the type of the event identified in the identifying step;
a determining step of determining that the event identified in the identifying step is an anomaly if the detection condition is satisfied; and
a storing step of storing, as history information, information including at least the type of the event identified in the identifying step, a time of occurrence of the event, a location of occurrence of the event, content of a vibration when the event occurred, and whether the event is an anomaly into a storage unit,
wherein in a case where the event has been identified in the identifying step, the determining step includes extracting, from the storage unit, history information regarding the event identified in the identifying step and determining whether the detection condition is satisfied based on the extracted history information.

7. The monitoring method according to claim 6 , wherein the determining step includes compressing the history information extracted from the storage unit and determining whether the detection condition is satisfied based on the compressed history information.

8. The monitoring method according to claim 6 , wherein
the event includes at least a first event and a second event,
the detection condition for the first event is a detection condition pertaining to a first period, and
the detection condition for the second event is a detection condition pertaining to a second period different from the first period.

9. The monitoring method according to claim 6 , further comprising a notifying step of providing an indication, on a display unit, that an anomaly has occurred if the event identified in the identifying step has been determined to be an anomaly in the determining step.

10. The monitoring method according to claim 9 , wherein in a case where the same event has been identified over a predetermined period in the identifying step, the notifying step includes displaying, on the display unit, a graph indicating a change in at least one of a maximum value, a minimum value, a mean value, or a median value of a vibration intensity observed when the event identified in the identifying step has occurred.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute:
a receiving procedure of receiving an optical signal from an optical fiber for sensing;
an identifying procedure of identifying an occurrence of an event and a type of the event that has occurred based on a vibration pattern included in the optical signal;
an acquiring procedure of acquiring a detection condition pertaining to a period corresponding to the type of the event identified in the identifying procedure;
a determining procedure of determining that the event identified in the identifying procedure is an anomaly if the detection condition is satisfied; and

a storing procedure of storing, as history information, information including at least the type of the event identified in the identifying procedure, a time of occurrence of the event, a location of occurrence of the event, content of a vibration when the event occurred, and whether the event is an anomaly into a storage unit,
wherein in a case where the event has been identified in the identifying procedure, the determining procedure includes extracting, from the storage unit, history information regarding the event identified in the identifying procedure and determining whether the detection condition is satisfied based on the extracted history information.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 11 , wherein the determining procedure includes compressing the history information extracted from the storage unit and determining whether the detection condition is satisfied based on the compressed history information.

Assignees

• Nec Corp

Inventors

• Tanaka Toshiaki

Classifications

• G08B13/124

  with the breaking or disturbance being optically detected, e.g. optical fibers in the perimeter fence · CPC title

• G01H9/004 Primary

  using fibre optic sensors (light guides per se G02B6/00, acousto-optical devices specially adapted for gating or modulating in optical wave guides G02F1/125) · CPC title