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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2022
Applicant:
Exfo Inc., Quebec, CA;
Inventors:
Stephane Perron, Quebec, CA;
Michel Leclerc, Quebec, CA;
Assignee:
EXFO Inc., Quebec, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 11/00 (2006.01); H04B 10/071 (2013.01); G02B 6/255 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 11/3109 (2013.01); H04B 10/071 (2013.01); G02B 6/255 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a system and a method for assisting a technician in fiber optic cable splices and comprising a pair of test units including an OTDR, an optical switch, a tone generator and a tone detector to automate the splicing process and testing. The test units may be in communication with a wireless portable device used by the splicing technician and controlled therefrom. In one embodiment, the test units are driven by a test orchestrator application (e.g., server-based) to switch fibers, perform continuity tests and/or splice quality tests, triggered by the technician's portable device.