Gary M Weiner

US Patent:

20110292676, Dec 1, 2011

Filed:

May 31, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/149073

Inventors:

Gary Weiner - Bedminster NJ, US
Victor Il'ich Kopp - Fair Lawn NJ, US
Daniel Neugroschl - Suffern NY, US

International Classification:

F21V 8/00

US Classification:

362558

Abstract:

The system and method of the present invention advantageously enable controllable light extraction from optical fiber waveguides and offer highly configurable light signal guidance and control capabilities, as well as additional advantageous features associated with waveguides, by providing, in various exemplary embodiments thereof, a multitude of novel techniques by which the parameters relating to utilization of various light signals (such as direction of their emission, magnitude of the emission, physical surface area of the emission, etc.), can be readily controlled and configured as a matter of design choice. Additionally, the inventive system and method, in various exemplary embodiments thereof, also enable and facilitate selective configuration of, and/or control over, various characteristics of the light signals guided/controlled/extracted thereby, such as the signals' wavelength, polarization, intensity, amplitude, etc. To achieve the above-noted beneficial functions, the system and method of the present invention utilize a physical property of a standard, or a specialty, chiral optical fiber to scatter light signals entering the fiber in directions away from the fiber core (through the fiber cladding), to thereby advantageously enable selective and controllable extraction of light signals of a desired predetermined wavelength (or, optionally of a predetermined range of wavelengths) therefrom.

US Patent:

20110293219, Dec 1, 2011

Filed:

May 31, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/149088

Inventors:

Gary Weiner - Bedminster NJ, US
Victor Il'ich Kopp - Fair Lawn NJ, US
Daniel Neugroschl - Suffern NY, US

International Classification:

G02B 6/26

US Classification:

385 31

Abstract:

The system and method of the present invention advantageously enable controllable light extraction from optical fiber waveguides and offer highly configurable light signal guidance and control capabilities, as well as additional advantageous features associated with waveguides, by providing, in various exemplary embodiments thereof, a multitude of novel techniques by which the parameters relating to utilization of various light signals (such as direction of their emission, magnitude of the emission, physical surface area of the emission, etc.), can be readily controlled and configured as a matter of design choice. Additionally, the inventive system and method, in various exemplary embodiments thereof, also enable and facilitate selective configuration of, and/or control over, various characteristics of the light signals guided/controlled/extracted thereby, such as the signals' wavelength, polarization, intensity, amplitude, etc. The system and method of the present invention further advantageously provide various embodiments of the novel optical fiber waveguides with one or more selected desirable and useful light extraction profiles, that may be configured as a matter of design choice in connection with the intended purpose, and/or the desired functionality, of the corresponding fiber waveguide component(s).

US Patent:

20200326481, Oct 15, 2020

Filed:

Jun 3, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/891549

Inventors:

- Bedminster NJ, US
Gary M. WEINER - Bedminster NJ, US

Assignee:

APRIORI NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC. - Bedminster NJ

International Classification:

G02B 6/293
H04B 10/079
H04B 10/25
H04B 10/85
H04J 14/04
H04J 14/02

Abstract:

A system and method for securing communication over an optical fiber are disclosed. The system includes a transmit spatial multiplexer configured to couple a plurality of optical signals into respective ones of a plurality of spatial paths of an optical fiber, each of the spatial paths being able to carry an optical signal; wherein at least one of the plurality of optical signals is an optically modulated version of a desired sequence of information that is intended to be transferred over the optical fiber; and wherein at least one of the plurality of optical signals is an optical chaff signal; whereby a tap along the fiber cannot determine the transmitted desired sequence of information.

US Patent:

20190245615, Aug 8, 2019

Filed:

Apr 15, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/384360

Inventors:

- Bedminster NJ, US
Gary M. WEINER - Bedminster NJ, US

Assignee:

APRIORI NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC. - Bedminster NJ

International Classification:

H04B 10/07
H04B 10/85
H04L 29/00

Abstract:

A fiber link system, method and device for masking signals on a fiber link system. The system includes sending a desired sequence of information in the form of a true signal that is typically intended to be transferred between legitimate users at both ends of a link. Sending chaff signals, or subterfuge signals, alongside the true signal to mask such legitimate signals in the fiber cable from intruders tapping into the fiber cable.

US Patent:

20190081709, Mar 14, 2019

Filed:

Nov 14, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/190801

Inventors:

- Bedminster NJ, US
Gary M. WEINER - Bedminster NJ, US

Assignee:

APRIORI NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC. - Bedminster NJ

International Classification:

H04B 10/85
H04B 10/071
H04B 10/25

Abstract:

A system and method for securing communication over an optical fiber are disclosed. The system includes a transmit spatial multiplexer configured to couple optical signals into spatial paths of an optical fiber, a first of the plurality of optical signals is an optically modulated version of a desired sequence of information that is intended to be transferred over the optical fiber and it is coupled into a first of the spatial paths; a second one of the plurality of optical signals is an optical chaff signal and it is coupled into a second spatial path different from the first one, and a third optical signal is an optical signal for use by an optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR) that is coupled into one of the spatial paths of the optical fiber, whereby a tap along the fiber cannot determine the transmitted desired sequence of information.

US Patent:

20180159619, Jun 7, 2018

Filed:

Nov 27, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/822909

Inventors:

- Bedminster NJ, US
Gary M. WEINER - Bedminster NJ, US

Assignee:

APRIORI NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC - Bedminster NJ

International Classification:

H04B 10/07
H04B 10/00
H04J 14/04
G02B 6/293
H04B 10/079
H04J 14/02

Abstract:

A system and method for securing communication over an optical fiber are disclosed. The system includes a transmit spatial multiplexer configured to couple a plurality of optical signals into respective ones of a plurality of spatial paths of an optical fiber, each of the spatial paths being able to carry an optical signal; wherein at least one of the plurality of optical signals is an optically modulated version of a desired sequence of information that is intended to be transferred over the optical fiber; and wherein at least one of the plurality of optical signals is an optical chaff signal; whereby a tap along the fiber cannot determine the transmitted desired sequence of information.

US Patent:

20170244478, Aug 24, 2017

Filed:

Feb 17, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/435619

Inventors:

- Bedminster NJ, US
Gary M. WEINER - Bedminster NJ, US

Assignee:

APRIORI NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC - Bedminster NJ

International Classification:

H04B 10/07
H04B 10/85

Abstract:

A fiber link system, method and device for masking signals on a fiber link system. The system includes sending a desired sequence of information in the form of a true signal that is typically intended to be transferred between legitimate users at both ends of a link. Sending chaff signals, or subterfuge signals, alongside the true signal to mask such legitimate signals in the fiber cable from intruders tapping into the fiber cable.