METHOD OF MARKING A FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR FOR LOW-LOSS OPTICAL CONNECTIONS

A method and system for reading a marker embedded in a fiber optic connector, and a connector configured to be read by the method and system. The connector includes an outer assembly and a marker that is overlaid by the outer assembly. To read the marker, the connector is illuminated with an illumin...

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Main Authors Hartkorn, Klaus, Sullivan, Aislin Karina
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 26.05.2022
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
OPTICS
PHYSICS
PRESENTATION OF DATA
RECOGNITION OF DATA
RECORD CARRIERS
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Summary:A method and system for reading a marker embedded in a fiber optic connector, and a connector configured to be read by the method and system. The connector includes an outer assembly and a marker that is overlaid by the outer assembly. To read the marker, the connector is illuminated with an illuminating light in a first spectral band, and an image is formed using the light within the first spectral band that is reflected from the fiber optic connector. The reflected light includes at least a portion of the illuminating light which was transmitted through the outer assembly and reflected back toward a reader by the marker. Data contained in the marker is then extracted from the image.
Bibliography:Application Number: US202117521028