Patents by Inventor Torbjörn SILLÉN

Torbjörn SILLÉN has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Monitor of optical fiber
    Patent number: 11658740
    Abstract: Disclosed is a solution for monitoring an operation of an optical fiber. An arrangement for the purpose includes: an indicator device arranged to: receive, from an optical component, a sample of a signal conveyed in the communication channel; determine an indicator value indicative of an amount of light in the sample of the signal; and a computing device arranged to compare the indicator value to a reference value, and set a detection result to express either that the sample of the signal carries a predefined amount of light or the predefined amount of light is absent from the sample. Also disclosed is a method, a computing device, a computer program product and a communication system thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: TELIA COMPANY AB
    Inventor: Torbjörn Sillén
  • MONITOR OF OPTICAL FIBER
    Publication number: 20210376925
    Abstract: Disclosed is a solution for monitoring an operation of an optical fiber. An arrangement for the purpose includes: an indicator device arranged to: receive, from an optical component, a sample of a signal conveyed in the communication channel; determine an indicator value indicative of an amount of light in the sample of the signal; and a computing device arranged to compare the indicator value to a reference value, and set a detection result to express either that the sample of the signal carries a predefined amount of light or the predefined amount of light is absent from the sample. Also disclosed is a method, a computing device, a computer program product and a communication system thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventor: Torbjörn SILLÉN