Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fiber branch structure for spatial optical communication and optical communication system equipped with same
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Application No.: US17792517Application Date: 2020-01-27
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Publication No.: US11956012B2Publication Date: 2024-04-09
- Inventor: Keiko Sato , Naoki Nishimura , Takao Sawa
- Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION , Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
- Applicant Address: JP Kyoto
- Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation,Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technolog
- Current Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation,Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technolog
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kyoto; JP Yokosuka
- Agency: Muir Patent Law, PLLC
- International Application: PCT/JP2020/002852 2020.01.27
- International Announcement: WO2021/152679A 2021.08.05
- Date entered country: 2022-07-13
- Main IPC: H04B10/116
- IPC: H04B10/116 ; H04B10/112 ; H04B10/61 ; H04B10/80 ; H04B13/02

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a fiber branch structure for spatial optical communication for transmitting information by emitting communication light. The fiber branch structure is provided with: a light emitter configured to emit communication light; a light emission controller configured to control the light emitter; an optical fiber configured to transmit the light emitted from the light emitter; a distributor configured to distribute the light, the distributer being optically coupled to an output terminal of the optical fiber; and an optical fiber group optically coupled to a plurality of output terminals of the distributor. According to the present invention, a communication area can be established without blind spots. That is, the fiber branch structure for spatial optical communication according to the present invention includes an optical fiber group optically coupled to a plurality of output terminals of the distributor. A communication area can be established more assuredly by such an optical fiber group, which prevents the optical communication from being interrupted.
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