ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,034, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Yokogawa Electric Corp. (Tokyo).

"Measuring device, measuring method, and computer-readable recording medium" was invented by Yoshihiro Kumagai (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical fiber characteristic measuring device acquires a Brillouin Frequency Shift (BFS) from a measuring position of an optical fiber disposed in an object to be measured, generates temperature distribution in a longitudinal direction of the optical fiber by converting the acquired BFS into a temperature, calculates a physical property change of the optical fiber based on the generated temperature distribution, ...