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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 20, 2019
Applicant:

Exfo Inc., Quebec, CA;

Inventors:

Michel Leclerc, Quebec, CA;

Mario L'Heureux, Levis, CA;

Stephane Perron, Quebec, CA;

Assignee:

EXFO Inc., Quebec, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 11/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/38 (2006.01); G01D 5/353 (2006.01); G01D 5/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 11/333 (2013.01); G01M 11/332 (2013.01); G02B 6/385 (2013.01); G01D 5/345 (2013.01); G01D 5/35374 (2013.01);
Abstract

There are provided techniques for characterizing and testing a cable routing connection configuration connection arrangement comprising a plurality of optical fiber links connected between at least a first connection device at a first end and a second multi-fiber connection device at a second end. Test light is injected into one or more of the optical fiber links via corresponding optical fiber ports of the first connection device. At least one image of the second multi-fiber connection device is captured. Test light exiting the optical fiber link(s) through optical fiber port(s) of the second multi-fiber connection device is imaged as light spot(s) in the captured image. Positions on the second multi-fiber connection device that corresponds to the optical fiber port(s) are determined based on a pattern of the light spot(s) in the captured image. In some implementations, the provided techniques allow detection or verification of cable routing connection configurations at multi-fiber distribution panels.


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