Patents by Inventor Jay Gregory BRACE

Jay Gregory BRACE has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Shaped reflector for alternative microscopy lighting techniques
    Patent number: 11899193
    Abstract: A microscope may receive a fiber optic connector via a connector adapter of the microscope, wherein the connector adapter includes an opening and a shaped reflective surface surrounding the opening. The microscope may align a ferrule of the fiber optic connector with the opening of the connector adapter of the microscope, wherein the ferrule includes a ferrule endface. The microscope may transmit light onto the shaped reflective surface and may receive reflected light from the ferrule endface and with a camera of the microscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: VIAVI Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Cassady, Jay Gregory Brace, Robert Matthew Adams
  • SHAPED REFLECTOR FOR ALTERNATIVE MICROSCOPY LIGHTING TECHNIQUES
    Publication number: 20220291492
    Abstract: A microscope may receive a fiber optic connector via a connector adapter of the microscope, wherein the connector adapter includes an opening and a shaped reflective surface surrounding the opening. The microscope may align a ferrule of the fiber optic connector with the opening of the connector adapter of the microscope, wherein the ferrule includes a ferrule endface. The microscope may transmit light onto the shaped reflective surface and may receive reflected light from the ferrule endface and with a camera of the microscope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Kevin CASSADY, Jay Gregory BRACE, Robert Matthew ADAMS
  • LIGHTING AND PROCESSING FOR MICROSCOPIC MEASUREMENT OF A POLISH RADIUS AND AN APEX OFFSET OF A FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20220291455
    Abstract: A microscope may receive a fiber optic connector via a connector adapter that includes an opening and may align a ferrule of the fiber optic connector with the opening of the connector adapter, where the ferrule includes a ferrule endface. The microscope may transmit light onto the ferrule endface and may receive reflected light, as an image of the ferrule endface, with a camera of the microscope. The microscope may determine intensities of brightness of the image and may create a topographical map of the intensities of the brightness of the image. The microscope may determine a radius and an apex of the ferrule endface based on the topographical map and may calculate an apex offset of the ferrule endface based on the radius and the apex of the ferrule endface. The microscope may perform one or more actions based on the apex offset of the ferrule endface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Jay Gregory BRACE, Kevin CASSADY, Robert Matthew ADAMS