- Patent Title: Optical fiber sensor, seismic prospecting method, method of measuring distribution of petroleum/natural gas reservoir layer, strain detection method, and method of specifying position of a fissure in stratum
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Application No.: US15420974Application Date: 2017-01-31
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Publication No.: US10718658B2Publication Date: 2020-07-21
- Inventor: Masateru Tadakuma
- Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@67e86789
- Main IPC: G01H9/00
- IPC: G01H9/00 ; G01V1/00 ; G01D5/353 ; G01V1/22 ; E21B47/00

Abstract:
An optical fiber sensor includes: a transmitting unit configured to output two lights into an optical fiber, wavelengths of the two lights being different from each other at a specific time, and at least one of the wavelengths of the two lights varying with time; and a measuring unit configured to receive back-scattered light output from the optical fiber and detect a temporal variation of an optical phase at an arbitrary interval in a longitudinal direction of the optical fiber by measuring measure an interference state of the two lights.
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