DISPLACEMENT SENSORS CONSTRUCTED USING LOW COST ToF SENSORS AND OPTICAL FIBERS WITH LARGE ELONGATION CAPABILITIES

A displacement sensor comprising:

• LiDAR circuitry including a light emitter and a light receiver;
• an optical fiber capable of elongation having one end optically connected to both the light emitter of the LiDAR circuitry and the light receiver of the LiDAR circuitry through the effect of an optical coupler;
• a plurality of anchors displaced apart from one another and affixed to the optical fiber;
• wherein the LiDAR circuitry is configured to operate and determine a relative displacement between the plurality of anchors.

A displacement sensor comprising:

• LiDAR circuitry including a light emitter and a light receiver;
• a plurality of optical fibers capable of elongation each having one end optically connected to both the light emitter of the LiDAR circuitry and the light receiver of the LiDAR circuitry through the effect of an optical coupler;
• a plurality of anchors displaced apart from one another and respectively affixed to the optical fibers such that each of the plurality of optical fibers has affixed thereto at least two of the plurality of anchors that are not affixed to any of the other optical fibers;
• wherein the LiDAR circuitry is configured to operate and determine a relative displacement between the plurality of anchors.