Patent ID: 11881688
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for the dynamic anomaly localization of utility pole wires, said method comprising:
providing a distributed fiber optic sensing system (DFOS), said system including
a length of aerial optical fiber, said aerial optical fiber suspended from a plurality of utility poles; and
a DFOS interrogator and analyzer in optical communication with the length of optical fiber;
wherein each of the plurality of utility poles suspends in addition to the aerial optical fiber additional utility wires/cables including electrical power wires and telecommunications cables;

said method comprising:
operating the DFOS system and generating a trained model in response to DFOS signals received during operation;
operating the DFOS system and upon detecting an anomaly, using the trained model to determine the location on particular utility pole(s) of wire(s) affected by the anomaly; and
reporting the anomaly to an appropriate responder organization.