Inventor
HUANG MING-FANG
US46 patents
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NEC LAB AMERICA INC
39 patentsUS11885670B2Jan 30, 2024
Smart stadium applications using fiber optic sensing
NEC LAB AMERICA INC2 citations73
US11686628B2Jun 27, 2023
Smart refrigeration using distributed fiber optic sensing
NEC LAB AMERICA INC2 citations73
US11470117B2Oct 11, 2022
Physical layer security in network sensing architecture
NEC LAB AMERICA INC2 citations73
US11422146B2Aug 23, 2022
Wind speed measurement using distributed fiber optic sensing
NEC LAB AMERICA INC2 citations73
US11204286B2Dec 21, 2021
Single mode fiber distributed temperature sensing with improved noise characteristics
NEC LAB AMERICA INC2 citations73
US10917168B2Feb 9, 2021
Optical fiber sensing systems, methods, structures and applications
NEC LAB AMERICA INC6 citations73
US10636264B2Apr 28, 2020
Office building security system using fiber sensing
NEC LAB AMERICA INC2 citations73
US9810627B2Nov 7, 2017
Flexible three-dimensional long-path gas sensing by unmanned vehicles
NEC LAB AMERICA INC4 citations73
US9184849B2Nov 10, 2015
Bidirectional submarine repeater using unidirectional amplification
NEC LAB AMERICA INC4 citations73
US11366231B2Jun 21, 2022
Smart optical cable positioning/location using optical fiber sensing
NEC LAB AMERICA INC2 citations72
US10931366B2Feb 23, 2021
Distributed sensing over optical fiber carrying live, high-speed data
NEC LAB AMERICA INC3 citations72
US12345554B2Jul 1, 2025
Fiber identification without cut point using distributed fiber optic sensing
NEC LAB AMERICA INC1 citations63
US12460963B2Nov 4, 2025
Gunshot detection via classification using deep learning and fiber sensing technologies
NEC LAB AMERICA INC0 citations62
US12154007B2Nov 26, 2024
Fiber sensing on roadside applications
NEC LAB AMERICA INC1 citations62
US12051309B2Jul 30, 2024
DFOS self-anomaly detection system for safer infrastructures
NEC LAB AMERICA INC1 citations62
US11733089B2Aug 22, 2023
Context encoder-based fiber sensing anomaly detection
NEC LAB AMERICA INC1 citations62
US11652552B2May 16, 2023
Indoor disaster localization via hybrid ethernet/optical fiber cable
NEC LAB AMERICA INC0 citations62
US11644369B2May 9, 2023
Optical fiber degradation monitoring by distributed temperature sensing
NEC LAB AMERICA INC0 citations62
US11463171B2Oct 4, 2022
Bidirectional optical communication and sensing WDM architecture using same fiber transmission band
NEC LAB AMERICA INC0 citations62
US11387898B2Jul 12, 2022
Distributed sensing over switched optical fiber networks
NEC LAB AMERICA INC1 citations62
US11710346B2Jul 25, 2023
Facial recognition for masked individuals
NEC LAB AMERICA INC0 citations61
US12078528B2Sep 3, 2024
Fiber sensing using supervisory path of submarine cables
NEC LAB AMERICA INC1 citations60
US11468667B2Oct 11, 2022
Distributed intelligent traffic informatics using fiber sensing
NEC LAB AMERICA INC1 citations58
US12051326B2Jul 30, 2024
Road traffic extraction for unknown anomaly detection using distributed fiber optic sensing
NEC LAB AMERICA INC0 citations56
US11284173B2Mar 22, 2022
Network sensing topologies for fiber optic sensing
NEC LAB AMERICA INC0 citations52
US10763964B2Sep 1, 2020
Bidirectional optical communication and sensing WDM architecture using same fiber transmission band
NEC LAB AMERICA INC0 citations52
US9252911B2Feb 2, 2016
Flexible remote node (RN) for dynamic traffic allocation in passive optical networking (PON) and mobile backhaul (MBH) applications
NEC LAB AMERICA INC1 citations52
US12399039B2Aug 26, 2025
Underground cable localization by fast time series template matching
NEC LAB AMERICA INC0 citations51
US12111189B2Oct 8, 2024
Object localization and threat classification for optical cable protection
NEC LAB AMERICA INC0 citations51
US11686602B2Jun 27, 2023
Method for providing a hybrid distributed fiber optic sensing system with improved connection to existing deployed fiber infrastructure
NEC LAB AMERICA INC0 citations51
US12516976B2Jan 6, 2026
Outdoor application of distributed fiber optic sensing / acoustic sensing
NEC LAB AMERICA INC0 citations50
US11681042B2Jun 20, 2023
Sparse excitation method for 3-dimensional underground cable localization by fiber optic sensing
NEC LAB AMERICA INC0 citations50
US11619523B2Apr 4, 2023
Underground optical fiber cable localization including DFOS and TDOA methods
NEC LAB AMERICA INC0 citations50
US10466106B2Nov 5, 2019
Gas concentration measurement by 2F signal trough distance
NEC LAB AMERICA INC0 citations50
US12345567B2Jul 1, 2025
Road surface conditions detection by distributed optic fiber system
NEC LAB AMERICA INC0 citations49
US11562646B2Jan 24, 2023
Multiple lane real-time traffic monitor and vehicle analysis using distributed fiber sensing
NEC LAB AMERICA INC0 citations49
US12000729B2Jun 4, 2024
Perpendicular distance prediction of vibrations by distributed fiber optic sensing
NEC LAB AMERICA INC0 citations48
US12038320B2Jul 16, 2024
Distributed intelligent SNAP informatics
NEC LAB AMERICA INC0 citations47
US9537598B2Jan 3, 2017
Architecture of open-flow based software-defined optical label swapping
NEC LAB AMERICA INC0 citations42
VERIZON PATENT & LICENSING INC
3 patentsUS11060950B1Jul 13, 2021
Systems and methods for identifying locations of deployed fiber cables based on vibrations
VERIZON PATENT & LICENSING INC20 citations94
US11874160B2Jan 16, 2024
Systems and methods for utilizing machine learning to minimize a potential of damage to fiber optic cables
VERIZON PATENT & LICENSING INC2 citations73
US12480807B2Nov 25, 2025
Systems and methods for utilizing machine learning to minimize a potential of damage to fiber optic cables
VERIZON PATENT & LICENSING INC0 citations62