US 12,265,213 B2
Shaped reflector for coaxial illumination of non-normal surfaces
Kevin Cassady, Monroe, WA (US); and Jay Brace, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to VIAVI Solutions Inc., Chandler, AZ (US)
Filed by VIAVI Solutions Inc., Chandler, AZ (US)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/489,177.
Application 18/489,177 is a continuation of application No. 17/249,786, filed on Mar. 12, 2021, granted, now 11,828,926.
Prior Publication US 2024/0045196 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. G02B 21/36 (2006.01); G02B 6/38 (2006.01); G02B 21/06 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 21/361 (2013.01) [G02B 6/381 (2013.01); G02B 21/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
transmitting, by a microscope and when a ferrule is within a connector adapter of the microscope, light onto the ferrule and the connector adapter,
wherein the ferrule comprises a ferrule chamfer or a ferrule radius,
wherein the ferrule chamfer or the ferrule radius is at an edge formed between a ferrule endface and an outer surface of a body portion of the ferrule, and
wherein the light includes;
a first light beam, associated with a first light source at an offset from a shaped reflective surface of the connector adapter, that is to reflect off the shaped reflective surface onto the ferrule chamfer or the ferrule radius to form first reflected light, and
a second light beam that is to reflect off the ferrule endface to form second reflected light; and
determining, by the microscope, a result based on the first reflected light and the second reflected light.