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US 12,553,769 · App. 18/275,726 · Granted Feb 17, 2026

Positioning method of electric pole and estimating method of the state of overhead optical fiber cable

Inventors: Tatsuya Okamoto (Musashino, JP); Daisuke Iida (Musashino, JP); Yusuke Koshikiya (Musashino, JP); Nazuki Honda (Musashino, JP)
Assignee: NTT, Inc.
G01H9/004G01D5/35358
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Patent No.
US 12,553,769
App. No.
18/275,726
Granted
Feb 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method is presented for remotely identifying a utility pole position and estimating a state of an overhead optical fiber cable. The method includes identifying a boundary region of a vibration distribution as a utility pole position, from a vibration distribution pattern obtained by measuring strain amounts with respect to distances of an optical fiber by an optical fiber vibration distribution measuring method at each time and sequentially stacking the strain amounts.

Claims (1)

1 . A method for estimating a state of an overhead optical fiber cable, the method comprising: determining that a ground obstacle is in contact with an optical fiber cable on condition of vibration stopped or reduced in the middle of an optical fiber, from a vibration distribution pattern obtained by measuring strain amounts with respect to optical fiber distances in a utility pole span by an optical fiber vibration distribution measuring method at each time and sequentially stacking the strain amounts.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 3, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 073005/0131 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2023
From: OKAMOTO, TATSUYA; IIDA, DAISUKE; KOSHIKIYA, YUSUKE; HONDA, NAZUKI
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064484/0831 →
Continuity (1)
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