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Granted Patent B2
US 12,560,474 · App. 18/289,146 · Granted Feb 24, 2026

Laid state identifying system, laid state identifying apparatus, and laid state identifying method

Inventor: Shinya Kamada (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
G01H9/004G01D5/35358G08G1/017G08G1/20
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Patent No.
US 12,560,474
App. No.
18/289,146
Granted
Feb 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A laid state identifying system ( 1 ) according to the present disclosure includes: an optical fiber ( 10 ) laid in a road ( 30 ) and configured to detect vibration generated by traveling of a vehicle ( 40 ) on the road ( 30 ); a vibration information acquiring unit ( 21 ) configured to receive an optical signal from the optical fiber ( 10 ) and acquire, from the optical signal, vibration information indicating the vibration; a history information acquiring unit ( 22 ) configured to acquire history information indicating a travel history of the vehicle ( 40 ); and a laid state identifying unit ( 23 ) configured to identify a laid state of the optical fiber ( 10 ) based on a change over time in the history information and a change over time in the vibration information.

Claims (44)

1 . A laid state identifying system comprising:

an optical fiber laid in a road and configured to detect a vibration generated by traveling of a vehicle on the road;

at least one memory storing instructions, and

at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to;

receive an optical signal from the optical fiber and acquire, from the optical signal, vibration information indicating the vibration;

acquire history information indicating a travel history of the vehicle; and

identify a laid state of the optical fiber based on a change over time in the history information and a change over time in the vibration information.

2 . The laid state identifying system according to claim 1 , wherein

the history information includes a history of a traveling location of the vehicle, and

the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to identify the laid state by linking a detection position of the vibration by the optical fiber to a traveling location of the vehicle included in the history information.

3 . The laid state identifying system according to claim 2 , wherein

the history information includes a history of a travel distance of the vehicle, and

the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to link the detection position of the vibration to the traveling location of the vehicle by performing pattern matching between a shape of a first graph and a shape of a second graph, the first graph being a graph corresponding to the history of the travel distance, the second graph being a graph corresponding to the vibration information.

4 . The laid state identifying system according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to, if there is a stopped segment in which the vehicle is stopped, link the detection position of the vibration to the traveling location of the vehicle by dividing the shape of the first graph into a shape of a segment before the stopped segment and a shape of a segment after the stopped segment and by performing pattern matching between the shape of each of the divided segments and the shape of the second graph.

5 . The laid state identifying system according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to, if there is a surplus segment in which the optical fiber has a surplus, link the detection position of the vibration to the traveling location of the vehicle by performing pattern matching between the shape of the first graph and a shape resulting from removing a shape of the surplus segment from the shape of the second graph.

6 . The laid state identifying system according to claim 1 , further comprising a display unit configured to display the identified laid state.

7 . A laid state identifying apparatus comprising:

at least one memory storing instructions, and

at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to;

receive an optical signal from an optical fiber laid in a road and configured to detect vibration generated by traveling of a vehicle on the road, and acquire, from the optical signal, vibration information indicating the vibration;

acquire history information indicating a travel history of the vehicle; and

identify a laid state of the optical fiber based on a change over time in the history information and a change over time in the vibration information.

8 . The laid state identifying apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein

the history information includes a history of a traveling location of the vehicle, and

the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to identify the laid state by linking a detection position of the vibration by the optical fiber to a traveling location of the vehicle included in the history information.

9 . The laid state identifying apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein

the history information includes a history of a travel distance of the vehicle, and

the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to link the detection position of the vibration to the traveling location of the vehicle by performing pattern matching between a shape of a first graph and a shape of a second graph, the first graph being a graph corresponding to the history of the travel distance, the second graph being a graph corresponding to the vibration information.

10 . The laid state identifying apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to, if there is a stopped segment in which the vehicle is stopped, link the detection position of the vibration to the traveling location of the vehicle by dividing the shape of the first graph into a shape of a segment before the stopped segment and a shape of a segment after the stopped segment and by performing pattern matching between the shape of each of the divided segments and the shape of the second graph.

11 . The laid state identifying apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to, if there is a surplus segment in which the optical fiber has a surplus, link the detection position of the vibration to the traveling location of the vehicle by performing pattern matching between the shape of the first graph and a shape resulting from removing a shape of the surplus segment from the shape of the second graph.

12 . The laid state identifying apparatus according to claim 7 , further comprising a display unit configured to display the identified laid state.

13 . A laid state identifying method to be performed by a laid state identifying apparatus, the laid state identifying method comprising:

a vibration information acquiring step of receiving an optical signal from an optical fiber laid in a road and configured to detect vibration generated by traveling of a vehicle on the road, and acquiring, from the optical signal, vibration information indicating the vibration;

a history information acquiring step of acquiring history information indicating a travel history of the vehicle; and

a laid state identifying step of identifying a laid state of the optical fiber based on a change over time in the history information and a change over time in the vibration information.

14 . The laid state identifying method according to claim 13 , wherein

the history information includes a history of a traveling location of the vehicle, and

the laid state identifying step includes identifying the laid state by linking a detection position of the vibration by the optical fiber to a traveling location of the vehicle included in the history information.

15 . The laid state identifying method according to claim 14 , wherein

the history information includes a history of a travel distance of the vehicle, and

the laid state identifying step includes linking the detection position of the vibration to the traveling location of the vehicle by performing pattern matching between a shape of a first graph and a shape of a second graph, the first graph being a graph corresponding to the history of the travel distance, the second graph being a graph corresponding to the vibration information.

16 . The laid state identifying method according to claim 15 , wherein the laid state identifying step includes, if there is a stopped segment in which the vehicle is stopped, linking the detection position of the vibration to the traveling location of the vehicle by dividing the shape of the first graph into a shape of a segment before the stopped segment and a shape of a segment after the stopped segment and by performing pattern matching between the shape of each of the divided segments and the shape of the second graph.

17 . The laid state identifying method according to claim 15 , wherein the laid state identifying step includes, if there is a surplus segment in which the optical fiber has a surplus, linking the detection position of the vibration to the traveling location of the vehicle by performing pattern matching between the shape of the first graph and a shape resulting from removing a shape of the surplus segment from the shape of the second graph.

18 . The laid state identifying method according to claim 13 , further comprising a display step of displaying the laid state identified by the laid state identifying step.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 1, 2023
From: KAMADA, SHINYA
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065417/0760 →
Continuity (1)
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