US 11,946,808 B2
Single-fiber color identification
Rejoy Isaac, Westwood, NJ (US); Marsha Ann Spalding, Hampton, NJ (US); Bryce Currier, Dover, NH (US); Geraldine Paraiso, Eatontown, NJ (US); and Ralph J. Rue, Barnegat, NJ (US)
Assigned to SubCom, LLC, Eatontown, NJ (US)
Filed by SUBCOM, LLC, Eatontown, NJ (US)
Filed on Mar. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/697,217.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/230,249, filed on Aug. 6, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/212,415, filed on Jun. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0404200 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. G01J 3/28 (2006.01); G01J 3/46 (2006.01); G01M 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01J 3/2823 (2013.01) [G01J 3/463 (2013.01); G01M 11/30 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
obtaining, by a processor, a color value of an optical fiber in a fiber optic cable from a spectrophotometer camera;
comparing the color value of the optical fiber to a color value of each reference color of a plurality of reference colors, wherein each reference color has a unique color value;
generating a color match score for the color value of the optical fiber with respect to the color value of each reference color of the plurality of reference colors based on a result of the comparing, wherein the color value of each reference color is different for each reference color and the color match score has a score value, and wherein generating the color match score further comprises determining the color match score by obtaining a reflectance spectra value using the obtained color value;
obtaining a confidence value for a pair of color match scores that are closest in score value; and
identifying, based on the confidence value, one of the reference colors from the plurality of reference colors as a color of the optical fiber.