ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,723, issued on April 8, was assigned to VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC. (Chandler, Ariz.).
"Fiber optic cable location system and method" was invented by Andre Champavere (Saint-Bonnet les Oules, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some examples, fiber optic cable location may include transmitting a coherent laser pulse into a device under test (DUT). Based on an analysis of reflected light resulting from the transmitted coherent laser pulse, changes in intensity of the reflected light caused by a plurality of signals directed towards the DUT may be determined. Further, based on the changes in intensity of the reflected light, a location o...