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US 12,699,024 B2Granted
Illuminating fibers of a fiber optic cable
AssigneeViavi Solutions Inc.
InventorsJay Gregory Brace, Robert Matthew Adams, Eugene Chan
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Abstract
In some implementations, a device may selectively illuminate, via a lighting module of the device, one or more fibers in a fiber optic cable using an illumination pattern. The device may detect, via a detection module of the device, illuminated fibers associated with the fiber optic cable based on the illumination pattern. The device may output, via the detection module of the device, information regarding the illuminated fibers. The device may generate, via one or more processors of the device, a report, based on the information, indicating a fiber mapping between the one or more fibers that were selectively illuminated via the lighting module and the illuminated fibers detected via the detection module.
Claims20
A device, comprising:
- a lighting module comprising a grid of pixels, wherein the lighting module is configured to:
- selectively turn on one or more pixels, of the grid of pixels, in a specific order in accordance with an illumination pattern to illuminate one or more fibers, in a fiber optic cable, corresponding to the one or more pixels,
- wherein the fiber optic cable includes a first connector at a first end of the fiber optic cable and a second connector at a second end of the fiber optic cable;
- a detection module configured to:
- detect, based on the illumination pattern, illuminated fibers associated with the fiber optic cable;
- and
- output information regarding the illuminated fibers;
- and
- one or more processors configured to:
- receive, via a user interface, an input indicating a fiber configuration associated with the fiber optic cable,
- wherein the fiber configuration indicates an arrangement of the grid of pixels;
- select the illumination pattern based on the fiber configuration;
- configure the lighting module with the illumination pattern to enable the lighting module to selectively turn on the one or more pixels in the specific order;
- and
- generate a report, based on the information, indicating a fiber mapping between the one or more fibers that were illuminated via the lighting module and the illuminated fibers detected via the detection module.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, via one or more processors of a device and via a user interface, an input indicating a fiber configuration associated with a fiber optic cable,
- wherein the fiber configuration indicates an arrangement of a grid of pixels of a lighting module of the device;
- selecting, via the one or more processors, an illumination pattern based on the fiber configuration;
- configuring, via the one or more processors, the lighting module with the illumination pattern to enable the lighting module to selectively turn on one or more pixels, of the grid of pixels, in a specific order;
- selectively illuminating, via the grid of pixels, one or more fibers in the fiber optic cable using the illumination pattern by selectively turning on the one or more pixels in the specific order in accordance with the illumination pattern,
- wherein the fiber optic cable includes a first connector at a first end of the fiber optic cable and a second connector at a second end of the fiber optic cable, and
- wherein the one or more fibers correspond to the one or more pixels;
- detecting, via a detection module of the device, illuminated fibers associated with the fiber optic cable based on the illumination pattern;
- outputting, via the detection module of the device, information regarding the illuminated fibers;
- and
- generating, via the one or more processors, a report, based on the information, indicating a fiber mapping between the one or more fibers that were selectively illuminated via the lighting module and the illuminated fibers detected via the detection module.
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A system, comprising:
- a fiber optic cable;
- a lighting module comprising a grid of pixels, wherein the lighting module is configured to:
- selectively turn on one or more pixels, of the grid of pixels, in a specific order in accordance with an illumination pattern to illuminate one or more fibers, in the fiber optic cable, corresponding to the one or more pixels;
- and
- a detection module configured to:
- receive, via a user interface, an input indicating a fiber configuration associated with the fiber optic cable,
- wherein the fiber configuration indicates an arrangement of the grid of pixels;
- select the illumination pattern based on the fiber configuration;
- configure the lighting module with the illumination pattern to enable the lighting module to selectively turn on the one or more pixels in the specific order;
- detect, based on the illumination pattern, illuminated fibers associated with the fiber optic cable;
- and
- generate information regarding a fiber mapping between the one or more fibers that were illuminated via the lighting module and the illuminated fibers detected via the detection module.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.