Patents by Inventor Guillaume LAVALLEE

Guillaume LAVALLEE 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).

  • Optical fiber endface inspection microscope having adapter tip detection and autoconfiguration
    Patent number: 11624680
    Abstract: There are provided an optical-fiber connector endface inspection microscope system and a method for inspecting an endface of an optical-fiber connector. The inspection microscope device is releasably connectable to an adapter tip configured to interface with the optical-fiber connector to inspect the endface thereof. The adapter tip is one among a plurality of adapter tip types adapted to inspect respective types of optical-fiber connectors. The optical-fiber connector endface inspection microscope system comprises a tip detection system adapted to recognize the type of the adapter tip among the plurality of adapter tip types; and is configured to analyze inspection images to produce an inspection result for the endface, at least partly based on a fiber type corresponding to the recognized adapter tip and/or other information read by the tip detection system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: EXFO Inc.
    Inventors: Mario L'Heureux, Guillaume Lavallee, Robert Baribault
  • OPTICAL FIBER ENDFACE INSPECTION MICROSCOPE HAVING ADAPTER TIP DETECTION AND AUTOCONFIGURATION
    Publication number: 20220074810
    Abstract: There are provided an optical-fiber connector endface inspection microscope system and a method for inspecting an endface of an optical-fiber connector. The inspection microscope device is releasably connectable to an adapter tip configured to interface with the optical-fiber connector to inspect the endface thereof. The adapter tip is one among a plurality of adapter tip types adapted to inspect respective types of optical-fiber connectors. The optical-fiber connector endface inspection microscope system comprises a tip detection system adapted to recognize the type of the adapter tip among the plurality of adapter tip types; and is configured to analyze inspection images to produce an inspection result for the endface, at least partly based on a fiber type corresponding to the recognized adapter tip and/or other information read by the tip detection system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Mario L'HEUREUX, Guillaume LAVALLEE, Robert BARIBAULT