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US 2022/0091342 A1Published application
Arrayed visual inspectors for fiber connectors and adapters
AssigneePanduit Corp.
InventorsYu Huang, Jose M. Castro, Andrew R. Matcha
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Abstract
An apparatus and method of inspection are provided that inspects the end-face of two or more fiber optic connectors simultaneously without the need to move a probe from one end-face to another end-face and inspecting them one by one.
Claims13
An inspection apparatus for inspecting an end-face of a fiber optic connector without decoupling from the fiber optic connector, the inspection apparatus comprising:
- a microscope probe comprising:
- a light source;
- a beam splitter;
- a fixed lens system;
- a variable focus lens system;
- and
- an image sensor.
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An inspection apparatus for inspecting an end-face of a fiber optic connector simultaneously without decoupling from the fiber optic connector, the inspection apparatus comprising:
- a microscope probe comprising:
- a light source;
- a beam splitter;
- a fixed lens system;
- a variable focus lens system;
- and
- an image sensor;
- a processor;
- and
- a machine-readable storage device in communication with the processor, the storage device configured to store instructions for causing the processor to:
- control the microscope probe to conduct a testing process on the fiber optic connector;
- and
- control a display device to display a test result message based on the testing process.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.