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Granted Patent B2
US 12,323,182 · App. 17/795,961 · Granted Jun 3, 2025

Processing device, processing method, and recording medium

Inventor: Yutaka Yano (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
H04B10/071G01M11/3109
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Patent No.
US 12,323,182
App. No.
17/795,961
Granted
Jun 3, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A processing device disposed inside a transmitter/receiver intended for use in optical fiber sensing using an optical fiber in order to enable restricting utilization of a prescribed range of acquired data, the processing device comprising: a mask unit which masks a prescribed range of acquired data, which is the data acquired by the transmitter/receiver through the optical fiber sensing; and an output unit which outputs post-masking data, which is the data that has undergone the aforementioned masking, to the outside of the transmitter/receiver, wherein the acquired data prior having the masking performed thereon for the prescribed range is not outputted to the outside.

Claims (54)

1. A processing device included inside a transmission/reception device to be used for optical fiber sensing by an optical fiber, the processing device comprising:

a mask circuit configured to mask a predetermined range in acquisition data, which is data acquired by the transmission/reception device through the optical fiber sensing; and

an output circuit configured to output, to an outside of the transmission/reception device, post-masking data, which is the data on which the masking has been performed,

wherein the acquisition data, before the masking regarding the predetermined range is performed, are not output to the outside,

wherein one or more pieces of first combination information, an activation condition, and a kind of a mask processing are settable,

wherein the one or more pieces of first combination information is information representing a combination of a target range,

wherein the target range is a range of the acquisition data on which mask processing is performed,

wherein the mask processing is processing for the masking performed by the mask circuit,

wherein the activation condition is a condition for performing the mask processing regarding the predetermined target range, and

wherein the kind of the mask processing is blurring, which includes performing, regarding the acquisition data in the target range, derivation of a moving average, regarding a time direction and a position direction, of the acquisition data in a predetermined temporal range and a positional range.

2. The processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the first combination information is changeable.

3. The processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the activation condition is constant or is a specification period being a specified period.

4. The processing device according to claim 3 , wherein

the specification period is based on information resulting from a factor of the outside.

5. The processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the activation condition is specified by a kind of event detected from the acquisition data.

6. The processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the target range is specified by at least one of a position range on a cable including the optical fiber and a frequency range.

7. The processing device according to claim 6 , wherein the position range is identified by a start position and an end position.

8. The processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the target range is set in association with a position, of an event detected from the acquisition data, on a cable including the optical fiber.

9. A processing device included inside a transmission/reception device to be used for optical fiber sensing by an optical fiber, the processing device comprising:

a mask circuit configured to mask a predetermined range in acquisition data, which is data acquired by the transmission/reception device through the optical fiber sensing; and

an output circuit configured to output, to an outside of the transmission/reception device, post-masking data, which is the data on which the masking has been performed,

wherein the acquisition data, before the masking regarding the predetermined range is performed, are not output to the outside,

wherein one or more pieces of first combination information, an activation condition, and a kind of a mask processing are settable,

wherein the one or more pieces of first combination information is information representing a combination of a target range,

wherein the target range is a range of the acquisition data on which mask processing is performed,

wherein the mask processing is processing for the masking performed by the mask circuit,

wherein the activation condition is a condition for performing the mask processing regarding the predetermined target range, and

wherein the kind of the mask processing is mosaicization, which includes uniformly substituting each piece of the acquisition data in a predetermined temporal range and a positional range constituting the acquisition data in the positional target range, with a representative value of the acquisition data in the range.

10. The processing device according to claim 9 , wherein the representative value is an average value.

11. The processing device according to claim 9 , wherein

the first combination information is changeable.

12. The processing device according to claim 9 , wherein

the activation condition is constant or is a specification period being a specified period.

13. The processing device according to claim 12 , wherein

the specification period is based on information resulting from a factor of the outside.

14. The processing device according to claim 9 , wherein

the activation condition is specified by a kind of event detected from the acquisition data.

15. The processing device according to claim 9 , wherein

the target range is specified by at least one of a position range on a cable including the optical fiber and a frequency range.

16. The processing device according to claim 15 , wherein the position range is identified by a start position and an end position.

17. The processing device according to claim 9 , wherein

the target range is set in association with a position, of an event detected from the acquisition data, on a cable including the optical fiber.

18. A processing method being performed within a transmission/reception device to be used for optical fiber sensing by an optical fiber, the processing method comprising:

masking a predetermined range in acquisition data, which is data acquired by the transmission/reception device through the optical fiber sensing; and

outputting, to an outside of the transmission/reception device, post-masking data, which is the data on which the masking has been performed,

wherein the acquisition data, before the masking regarding the predetermined range is performed, are not output to the outside,

wherein one or more pieces of first combination information, an activation condition, and a kind of a mask processing are settable,

wherein the one or more pieces of first combination information is information representing a combination of a target range,

wherein the target range is a range of the acquisition data on which mask processing is performed,

wherein the mask processing is processing for the masking,

wherein the activation condition is a condition for performing the mask processing regarding the predetermined target range, and

wherein the kind of the mask processing is blurring, which includes performing, regarding the acquisition data in the target range, derivation of a moving average, regarding a time direction and a position direction, of the acquisition data in a predetermined temporal range and a positional range.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 28, 2022
From: YANO, YUTAKA
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060655/0868 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-013946 · Jan 30, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230075118A1 · Mar 9, 2023
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