Patent ID: 11900673
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 10:
11. A computer program product for detecting ends of cables using augmented reality (AR) technology, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to:
select, by the computer, a cable of interest from among a plurality of cables, the cable of interest comprising at least four identical object markers spaced therealong;
identify, by the computer, a first of the object markers positioned toward a first end of the cable of interest;
in response to identifying the object marker positioned toward the first end of the cable of interest, outputting characteristic information of the cable of interest, wherein the characteristic information of the cable of interest includes a port location of a second end of the cable of interest;
scan, by the computer, another plurality of cables having the cable of interest; and
identify, by the computer, the second end of the cable of interest based on a second of the object markers positioned toward the second end of the cable of interest,
wherein the object markers are configured to trigger output of information associated with the cable of interest, the information including a cable source device and a cable target device,
wherein the cable source device is associated with the first end of the cable of interest,
wherein the cable target device is associated with the second end of the cable of interest.