Patent ID: 11960120
Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 4:
5. The method for aligning multicore fibers according to claim 4, wherein
the second rotation step further comprises:
a third imaging step of capturing a third set of images of the side surfaces of each of the pair of multicore fibers after rotating at least one of the pair of multicore fibers about the central axis such that a relative rotation angle between the pair of multicore fibers is smaller than P°; and
a third similarity determining step of determining a similarity between the third set of images of each of the pair of multicore fibers captured in the third imaging step, and

in the second rotation step, the third imaging step and the third similarity determining step are repeated until the similarity between the third set of images determined in the third similarity determining step reaches the similarity in the predetermined range.