US 12,449,328 B2
Apparatus and system for visual inspection of fiber ends and image analysis tool for detecting contamination
Yu Huang, Orland Park, IL (US); Jose M. Castro, Naperville, IL (US); Andrew R. Matcha, Chicago, IL (US); and Bulent Kose, Burr Ridge, IL (US)
Assigned to Panduit Corp., Tinley Park, IL (US)
Filed by Panduit Corp., Tinley Park, IL (US)
Filed on Jan. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/097,533.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/300,848, filed on Jan. 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0228648 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. G01M 11/02 (2006.01); G01M 11/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/88 (2006.01); G02B 5/02 (2006.01); G02B 6/38 (2006.01); G02B 25/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/14 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/12 (2017.01)
CPC G01M 11/0257 (2013.01) [G01M 11/0278 (2013.01); G01M 11/30 (2013.01); G01N 21/88 (2013.01); G06T 7/0004 (2013.01); G06T 7/12 (2017.01); G01N 21/8803 (2013.01); G01N 2021/8812 (2013.01); G01N 2021/8845 (2013.01); G02B 5/0278 (2013.01); G02B 6/385 (2013.01); G02B 25/002 (2013.01); G02B 27/14 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20021 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20052 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20061 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30108 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A visual inspection device comprising:
a light source configured to emit a light transmission;
a diffuser configured to receive the light transmission from the light source;
a lenticular lens positioned between the light source and the diffuser;
a mirror configured to reflect the light transmission from the diffuser;
a beam splitter configured to reflect the light transmission from the mirror;
an adapter configured to hold a connector end face and direct the light transmission from the beam splitter onto the connector end face, wherein the light transmission reflects off the connector end face and back through the beam splitter;
a tunable lens configured to receive and direct the light transmission from the beam splitter; and
an image sensor configured to receive the light transmission from the tunable lens and capture an image of the connector end face.