Patent ID: 11971600
Assignee: VIAPHOTON, INC.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 19:
20. A fiber sorting system comprising:
a first assembly comprising a plurality of first keys in juxtaposition;
an insert;
a plate of the first assembly comprising the insert;
a second assembly comprising a plurality of second keys in juxtaposition;
a computing system; and
a control application;
the control application when executed on the computing system to perform:
obtaining an initial sequence of a plurality of fibers in the first assembly;
imaging the plurality of fibers in front of a split background comprising at least two backgrounds and at least two colors;
identifying a set of key combinations from the initial sequence and a predetermined sequence;
sliding the second assembly across the first assembly;
actuating the set of key combinations to move the plurality of fibers from the first assembly to the second assembly and order the plurality of fibers in the second assembly in the predetermined sequence; and
limiting movement of a key of the first assembly with an insert to the plate of a first assembly.