US 12,406,590 B2
Methods and systems for ensuring proper installation of telecommunication equipment
Donald Larry Brannen, Jr., Huntsville, AL (US); and James Todd Manley, Madison, AL (US)
Assigned to Adtran, Inc., Huntsville, AL (US)
Filed by ADTRAN, Inc., Huntsville, AL (US)
Filed on May 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/318,697.
Prior Publication US 2022/0366804 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. G09B 5/06 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); H04W 16/22 (2009.01)
CPC G09B 5/06 (2013.01) [G06T 7/001 (2013.01); H04W 16/22 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10004 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30164 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobile device for ensuring the proper installation of telecommunications equipment, comprising:
an image sensor configured to generate a first image of at least one component of the telecommunications equipment, wherein the at least one component is of a particular model of telecommunication equipment components;
a display device configured to display an image stream from the image sensor, thereby providing displayed images of the at least one component, wherein the displayed image stream includes the first image of the at least one component;
memory for storing an artificial neural network trained to identify the at least one component and to recognize an appearance that a telecommunication equipment component from the particular model of telecommunication equipment component has when correctly installed; and
at least one processor configured to:
control the display device such that a graphical element is displayed on the display device with the displayed images of the at least one component, wherein the graphical element is for guiding a user to position the mobile device at a predefined orientation and distance relative to the telecommunications equipment, wherein the graphical element comprises a semi-transparent overlay defining an image of at least one correctly installed component of telecommunications equipment, and wherein the predefined orientation and distance correspond to a state for which the image of the at least one correctly installed component of the semi-transparent overlay aligns with the at least one component of the telecommunication equipment in the displayed image stream;
analyze the first image using the artificial neural network to determine whether the at least one component is correctly installed, and
provide an output indicating whether the at least one component is determined to be correctly installed by the at least one processor.