TEST PROBES FOR SMART INSPECTION

摘要

One or more embodiments are directed to apparatuses and methods of evaluating an endface of an optical communication link, such as a fiber optic cable. In at least one embodiment, a camera probe includes an imaging device that includes one or more feedback mechanisms, such as an alignment feedback mechanism that communicates alignment information regarding an alignment of the optical communication link under test with an image sensor of the camera probe. The alignment feedback mechanism may be visual and/or aural. The alignment feedback mechanism may provide directional information to the user indicative of a direction to move the imaging device relative to the optical communication link. In addition or alternatively, the feedback mechanism may include a focus feedback mechanism that communicates focus information regarding a focus of the endface in an obtained image of the endface.

主权项

1. A test probe comprising:
an image sensor configured to obtain an image of an endface of an optical communication link, the image sensor having a first field of view; a display having a second field of view that is less than the first field of view of the image sensor; a processor operably coupled to the image sensor and the display, the processor programmed to:
receive the obtained image from the image sensor,evaluate information that includes at least one of position information indicating a position of the endface in the obtained image relative to the second field of view and focus information indicating a focus of the endface in the obtained image, andgenerate one or more signals indicative of the information; and a feedback mechanism operably coupled to the processor and configured to receive the one or more signals indicative of the information and to provide at least one of an aural and visual indication of the information to a user.