Invention Application
- Patent Title: JUDGMENT DEVICE AND JUDGMENT METHOD
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Application No.: US17595930Application Date: 2019-06-03
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Publication No.: US20220228947A1Publication Date: 2022-07-21
- Inventor: Hiroyuki IIDA , Sachi TSUJIMURA , Hidenobu HIROTA , Takui UEMATSU , Naotsugu AMBE
- Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- International Application: PCT/JP2019/022050 WO 20190603
- Main IPC: G01M11/02
- IPC: G01M11/02

Abstract:
An object is to provide a determination device that determines a state of a terminal end portion of a coated optical fiber at any location of the coated optical fiber. Reflection of test light varies in a reflection amount at each wavelength depending on a situation of the terminal end portion of the coated optical fiber. In other words, if the magnitude of the reflection amount at each wavelength can be known, the situation of the terminal end portion of the coated optical fiber can be estimated. The determination device according to the present invention is configured to make test light having a plurality of wavelengths incident from the optical fiber side and determine the test light based on a light intensity ratio of each reflected light beams reflected at the terminal end. In addition, reflection of test light varies in return loss at each wavelength depending on a situation of the terminal end portion of the coated optical fiber. If Rayleigh backscattered light can also be measured when measuring a reflection amount, the return loss can be known for each wavelength, and the situation of the terminal end portion of the coated optical fiber can be estimated from the result. The determination device according to the present invention is configured to make test light having a plurality of wavelengths incident from the optical fiber side and determine the test light based on a return loss at the terminal end.
Public/Granted literature
- US12061131B2 Judgment device and judgment method Public/Granted day:2024-08-13
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