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Granted Patent B2
US 12,467,822 · App. 18/022,955 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Utility pole deterioration discrimination device and method

Inventors: Tadayuki Iwano (Tokyo, JP); Naoto Ogura (Tokyo, JP); Hiroaki Koshio (Tokyo, JP); Hideaki Takeda (Kanagawa, JP); Motohito Ebihara (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
G01M7/025G01H9/004G01M5/0025G01M5/0066H02G1/02H02G7/00
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Patent No.
US 12,467,822
App. No.
18/022,955
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A deterioration discrimination system according to the present disclosure includes: an optical fiber cable ( 20 ) configured to be laid in a utility pole ( 10 ); a communication unit ( 31 ) configured to receive an optical signal from optical fibers ( 21 ) included in the optical fiber cable ( 20 ); a detection unit ( 32 ) configured to detect, based on the optical signal received by the communication unit ( 31 ), vibrations that are generated in the utility pole ( 10 ); and a discrimination unit ( 41 ) configured to discriminate, based on a vibration frequency of the vibrations that are generated during a specified period among the vibrations that are detected by the detection unit ( 32 ), deterioration of the utility pole ( 10 ).

Claims (30)

1 . A deterioration discrimination system comprising:

an optical fiber cable strung between utility poles and in contact with a respective one of the utility poles;

a communication unit configured to receive an optical signal from optical fibers included in the optical fiber cable;

a detection unit configured to detect, based on the optical signal received by the communication unit, vibrations that are generated in the respective one of the utility poles; and

a discrimination unit configured to discriminate, based on a vibration frequency of the vibrations that are generated during a specified period among the vibrations that are detected by the detection unit, deterioration of the respective one of the utility poles,

wherein the specified period includes a period during which vibration intensity of the vibrations detected by the detection unit reaches a value equal to or greater than a predetermined value, and

wherein each time the vibration intensity of the vibrations detected by the detection unit reaches the value equal to or greater than the predetermined value within the specified period, the discrimination unit extracts the vibration frequency that is obtained when the vibration intensity reaches the value equal to or greater than the predetermined value and falls within a predetermined frequency range and discriminates deterioration of the respective one of the utility poles based on the vibration frequency extracted a plurality of times.

2 . The deterioration discrimination system according to claim 1 , wherein the discrimination unit discriminates deterioration of the respective one of the utility poles using a trained model that has been trained using a training data that differs according to a type of the utility model.

3 . The deterioration discrimination system according to claim 1 , further comprising a notification unit configured to notify a predetermined notification destination of a state of deterioration of the respective one of the utility poles discriminated by the discrimination unit.

4 . A deterioration discrimination apparatus comprising:

at least one memory storing instructions, and

at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to:

receive an optical signal from optical fibers included in an optical fiber cable strung between utility poles and in contact with a respective one of the utility poles;

detect, based on the optical signal that is received, vibrations that are generated in the respective one of the utility poles; and

discriminate, based on a vibration frequency of the vibrations that are generated during a specified period among the vibrations that are detected, deterioration of the respective one of the utility poles,

wherein the specified period includes a period during which vibration intensity of the vibrations that are detected reaches a value equal to or greater than a predetermined value, and

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to:

each time the vibration intensity of the vibrations that are detected reaches the value equal to or greater than the predetermined value within the specified period, extract the vibration frequency that is obtained when the vibration intensity reaches the value equal to or greater than the predetermined value and falls within a predetermined frequency range and discriminates deterioration of the respective one of the utility poles based on the vibration frequency extracted a plurality of times.

5 . The deterioration discrimination apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to:

discriminate deterioration of the respective one of the utility poles using a trained model that has been trained using a training data that differs according to a type of the utility model.

6 . The deterioration discrimination apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to:

notify a predetermined notification destination of a state of deterioration of the respective one of the utility poles that is discriminated.

7 . A deterioration discrimination method for a deterioration discrimination apparatus, the deterioration discrimination method comprising:

a receiving operation comprising receiving an optical signal from optical fibers included in an optical fiber cable strung between utility poles and in contact with a respective one of the utility poles;

a detecting operation comprising detecting, based on the optical signal received in the receiving operation, vibrations that are generated in the respective one of the utility poles; and

a discriminating operation comprising discriminating, based on a vibration frequency of the vibrations that are generated during a specified period among the vibrations that are detected in the detecting operation, deterioration of the respective one of the utility poles,

wherein the specified period includes a period during which vibration intensity of the vibrations detected in the detecting operation reaches a value equal to or greater than a predetermined value, and

wherein in the discriminating operation, each time the vibration intensity of the vibrations detected in the detecting operation reaches the value equal to or greater than the predetermined value within the specified period, the vibration frequency that is obtained when the vibration intensity reaches the value equal to or greater than the predetermined value and falls within a predetermined frequency range is obtained and deterioration of the respective one of the utility poles is discriminated based on the vibration frequency extracted a plurality of times.

8 . The deterioration discrimination method according to claim 7 , wherein in the discriminating operation, discrimination of the deterioration of the respective one of the utility poles is performed using a trained model that has been trained using a training data that differs according to a type of the utility model.

9 . The deterioration discrimination method according to claim 7 , further comprising a notifying operation comprising notifying a predetermined notification destination of a state of deterioration of the respective one of the utility poles discriminated in the discriminating operation.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 23, 2023
From: IWANO, TADAYUKI; OGURA, NAOTO; KOSHIO, HIROAKI; TAKEDA, HIDEAKI; EBIHARA, MOTOHITO
To: NEC CORPORATION
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