Spatiotemporal and spectral classification of acoustic signals for vehicle event detection

Abstract

Disclosed are systems and methods that estimate machine distance to an optical fiber cable from sensing data collected using distributed fiber optic sensing (DFOS). Specialized hardware, DFOS that uses optical sensor fiber as a continuous spatial sensor along with a real time Artificial Intelligence (AI) processing unit, that detects threats within a proximity of buried fiber optic cable and a determines a moving direction of the threats such that it can effectively mitigate and contain the threats before damage to the buried fiber optic cable occurs. Advantageously, the system according to the present disclosure does not require any prior location knowledge or surveying prior to performing its monitoring.

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