IP Library Granted Patent US 10,775,245
Granted Patent B2
US 10,775,245 · App. 15/789,381 · Granted Sep 15, 2020

Temperature measurement device, temperature measurement method, and computer-readable non-transitory medium

Inventors: Kazushi Uno (Atsugi, JP); Takeo Kasajima (Machida, JP); Takahiro Arioka (Isehara, JP); Hiroyuki Fukuda (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
G01K11/32G01K2011/324
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Patent No.
US 10,775,245
App. No.
15/789,381
Granted
Sep 15, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A temperature measurement device includes: a light source configured to input a light into an optical fiber; a detector configured to detect a Stokes component and an anti-Stokes component from a back scattering light from the optical fiber; a memory; and a processor configured to execute a process, the process comprising: in a predetermined region including a sample point of the optical fiber, calculating a range including the sample point in accordance with a largeness of a correlation between the Stokes component and the anti-Stokes component; smoothing the Stokes component and the anti-Stokes component in the range; and measuring a temperature of the sample point with use of the Stokes component and the anti-Stokes component that are smoothed by the corrector.

Claims (36)

1. A temperature measurement device comprising:

a light source configured to input a light into an optical fiber;

a detector configured to detect a Stokes component and an anti-Stokes component from a back scattering light from the optical fiber, with respect to a plurality of sample points of the optical fiber located at different positions in a length direction of the optical fiber;

a memory; and

a processor configured to execute a process, the process comprising:

in a certain region of the optical fiber which is along the length direction of the optical fiber and which includes a sample point of the optical fiber, calculating a range of the optical fiber along the length direction of the optical fiber by calculating a number of sample points in accordance with a correlation degree between the Stokes component and the anti-Stokes component;

smoothing the Stokes component and the anti-Stokes component in the range; and

measuring a temperature of the sample point included in the range based on the Stokes component and the anti-Stokes component that are smoothed in the smoothing.

2. The temperature measurement device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, in the calculating, the number of the sample point in the range is increased as the correlation degree decreases.

3. The temperature measurement device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, in the calculating, an upper limit value of the certain region is set when the correlation degree is less than a first threshold.

4. The temperature measurement device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein, in the calculating, the Stokes component and the anti-Stokes component are not smoothed at the sample point when the correlation degree is equal to or more than a second threshold that is larger than the first threshold.

5. The temperature measurement device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, in the calculating, a Pearson's product-moment correlation coefficient is used as the correlation degree.

6. The temperature measurement device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, in the calculating, a Spearman's rank correlation coefficient is used as the correlation degree.

7. The temperature measurement device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the certain region is set to be larger than a half-value width of minimum heated length response waveform and smaller than a primary component of the minimum heated length response waveform, the minimum heated length response waveform being obtained when a part of the optical fiber around the sample point is kept at a first constant temperature and a second constant temperature different from the first constant temperature is given to a minimum heated length section of which a center is the sample point.

8. The temperature measurement device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

an optical switch configured to alternately input the light into a first end and a second end of the optical fiber at a predetermined cycle,

wherein, in the measuring, an average of correction results before and after switching of the optical switch is calculated.

9. A temperature measurement method comprising:

detecting a Stokes component and an anti-Stokes component from a back scattering light from an optical fiber into which a light is input from a light source, with respect to a plurality of sample points of the optical fiber located at different positions in a length direction of the optical fiber;

in a certain region of the optical fiber which is along the length direction of the optical fiber and which includes a sample point of the optical fiber, calculating a range of the optical fiber along the length direction of the optical fiber by calculating a number of sample points in accordance with a correlation degree between the Stokes component and the anti-Stokes component;

smoothing the Stokes component and the anti-Stokes component in the range; and

measuring a temperature of the sample point included in the range based on the Stokes component and the anti-Stokes component that are smoothed in the smoothing.

10. The temperature measurement method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein, in the calculating, the number of the sample point in the range is increased as the correlation degree decreases.

11. The temperature measurement method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein, in the calculating, an upper limit value of the certain region is set when the correlation degree is less than a first threshold.

12. The temperature measurement method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein, in the calculating, the Stokes component and the anti-Stokes component are not smoothed at the sample point when the correlation degree is equal to or more than a second threshold that is larger than the first threshold.

13. The temperature measurement method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein, in the calculating, a Pearson's product-moment correlation coefficient is used as the correlation degree.

14. The temperature measurement method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein, in the calculating, a Spearman's rank correlation coefficient is used as the correlation degree.

15. The temperature measurement method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the certain region is set to be larger than a half-value width of minimum heated length response waveform and smaller than a primary component of the minimum heated length response waveform, the minimum heated length response waveform being obtained when a part of the optical fiber around the sample point is kept at a first constant temperature and a second constant temperature different from the first constant temperature is given to a minimum heated length section of which a center is the sample point.

16. The temperature measurement method as claimed in claim 9 , further comprising:

an optical switch configured to alternately input the light into a first end and a second end of the optical fiber at a predetermined cycle,

wherein, in the smoothing, an average of correction results before and after switching of the optical switch is calculated.

17. A computer-readable, non-transitory medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

detecting a Stokes component and an anti-Stokes component from a back scattering light from an optical fiber into which a light is input from a light source, with respect to a plurality of sample points of the optical fiber located at different positions in a length direction of the optical fiber;

in a certain region of the optical fiber which is along the length direction of the optical fiber and which includes a sample point of the optical fiber, calculating a range of the optical fiber along the length direction of the optical fiber by calculating a number of sample points in accordance with a correlation degree between the Stokes component and the anti-Stokes component;

smoothing the Stokes component and the anti-Stokes component in the range; and

measuring a temperature of the sample point included in the range based on the Stokes component and the anti-Stokes component that are smoothed in the smoothing.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 13, 2019
From: NH REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS LTD
To: NHC IP HOLDING CORP
Reel/Frame 050037/0080 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 31, 2017
From: UNO, KAZUSHI; KASAJIMA, TAKEO; ARIOKA, TAKAHIRO; FUKUDA, HIROYUKI
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 043992/0481 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2015063836 · May 13, 2015
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