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US 2020/0049969 A1Published application
Determining an error in a moving distance of a microscope
AssigneeViavi Solutions Inc.
InventorsJay BRACE, Porter McCAIN, Gordon MACKAY, Andrew PARSONS
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Abstract
A device may capture, using a camera associated with the device, a first image of a first set of optical fibers associated with an optical connector within a field of view of the camera. The device may determine that an actual distance of a relative movement of the camera and the optical connector and an expected distance of the relative movement of the camera and the optical connector fail to match. The device may perform one or more actions after determining that the actual distance and the expected distance fail to match.
Claims23
A method, comprising:
- capturing, using a camera associated with a microscope, a first image of a first set of optical fibers associated with an optical connector within a field of view of the camera after performing a relative movement of the camera and the optical connector from a first position to a second position;
- performing, by the microscope, a comparison of the first image of the first set of optical fibers and a second image of a second set of optical fibers associated with the optical connector captured at the first position;
- determining, by the microscope, a quantity of pixels that overlap between the first image and the second image;
- determining, by the microscope, that an actual distance that the field of view of the camera was moved and an expected distance that the field of view of the camera was to be moved fail to match based on a result of performing the comparison,
- wherein determining that the actual distance and the expected distance fail to match comprises:
- determining that the actual distance and the expected distance fail to match based on the quantity of pixels that overlap between the first image and the second image;
- and
- performing, by the microscope, one or more actions after determining that the actual distance and the expected distance fail to match.
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A device, comprising:
- one or more memories;
- and
- one or more processors, communicatively coupled to the one or more memories, configured to:
- capture, using a camera associated with the device, a first image of a first set of optical fibers associated with an optical connector within a field of view of the camera after moving the field of view of the camera from a first position to a second position;
- determine that an actual distance of a relative movement of the camera and the optical connector and an expected distance of the relative movement of the camera and the optical connector fail to match after capturing the first image,
- wherein the expected distance is based on a configuration of an optical cable associated with the optical connector, and
- wherein the one or more processors, when determining that the actual distance and the expected distance fail to match, are configured to:
- determine that the actual distance and the expected distance fail to match based on a first quantity of pixels of the first image and a second quantity of pixels of a second image of a second set of optical fibers captured at the first position that overlap;
- and
- perform one or more actions after determining that the actual distance and the expected distance fail to match.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:
- one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- receive information that identifies a configuration of an optical cable associated with an optical connector;
- perform a movement of a camera associated with a microscope or the optical connector based on the information that identifies the configuration of the optical cable;
- capture, using the camera and after receiving the information that identifies the configuration of the optical cable, a first image of a first set of optical fibers associated with the optical connector within a field of view of the camera after performing a relative movement of the camera and the optical connector from a first position to a second position;
- perform a comparison of the first image and a second image of a second set of optical fibers captured at the first position after capturing the first image;
- determine whether an expected quantity of pixels overlap between the first image and the second image based on a result of performing the comparison;
- determine that an actual distance of the relative movement and an expected distance of the relative movement fail to match after determining whether the expected quantity of pixels overlap;
- and
- perform one or more actions after determining that the actual distance and the expected distance fail to match.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.