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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2016
Applicant:
Commscope, Inc. of North Carolina, Hickory, NC (US);
Inventors:
Michael G. German, Secaucus, NJ (US);
Niall McAndrew, Dublin, IE;
Assignee:
CommScope Inc. of North Carolina, Hickory, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06Q 10/06 (2012.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G06F 17/30259 (2013.01); G06K 9/00671 (2013.01); G06Q 10/063118 (2013.01); H04N 5/2251 (2013.01); G06F 17/30365 (2013.01); G06K 9/6215 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods of identifying available connector ports on rack mounted equipment use an image capture device to capture an image of a front face of an equipment rack. The captured image is compared to at least one stored image. A patch cord insertion status of at least one connector port included on an item of equipment that is mounted on the equipment rack is then determined based at least in part on the comparison of the captured image to the at least one stored image.