US 11,966,006 B2
Cable detection system comprising a parallel light sharpens a boundary between different sections of the cable in a captured image
Lei (Alex) Zhou, Shanghai (CN); Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Shanghai (CN); Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Bellevue, WA (US); Sonny O. Osunkwo, Middletown, PA (US); Sai Tarun Kosaraju, Plymouth, MN (US); Cong Lin, Kunshan (CN); and Tianshu Wu, Kunshan (CN)
Assigned to TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH); Kunshan League Automechanism Co., Ltd., Kunshan (CN); and Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai (CN)
Filed by Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd, Shanghai (CN); TE Connectivity Services GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH); and Kunshan League Automechanism Co., Ltd, Kunshan (CN)
Filed on Jun. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/845,220.
Claims priority of application No. 202110684502.0 (CN), filed on Jun. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0404522 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. G01B 11/02 (2006.01); G01V 8/20 (2006.01); G03B 15/02 (2021.01); G03B 17/56 (2021.01)
CPC G01V 8/20 (2013.01) [G03B 15/02 (2013.01); G03B 17/561 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cable detection system for detecting an end of a cable having a plurality of exposed different sections, comprising:
an illumination device emitting an illuminating light to the end of the cable, the illumination device simultaneously emits a parallel light and a diffuse light to the end of the cable; and
a camera capturing an image of the end of the cable, the parallel light sharpens a boundary between the different sections of the cable in the image, and the diffuse light clarifies a surface of the different sections in the image.