Patent ID: 9634759
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: G01M,G01N,G02B,H04B

Claim:
1. An apparatus for fiber optic network testing, comprising: a housing configured and adapted to couple to a mobile device; one or more network interfaces in communication with the housing, the one or more network interfaces configured and adapted to operatively couple to a fiber optic cable under test; a magnification lens in operative communication with the housing and the one or more network interfaces; an extension cable configured to couple to the one or more network interfaces, wherein the one or more network interfaces operatively receive an image of the fiber optic cable under test via the extension cable; and an application hosted at least partially on the mobile device, the application configured to: display on the mobile device the fiber optic cable under test, the fiber optic cable under test having a core and a clad; display on the mobile device a state of the fiber optic cable, the state of the fiber optic cable includes each of the following: a number of blobs in the core of the fiber optic cable, a number of scratches in the core of the fiber optic cable, a number of blobs in the clad of the fiber optic cable, and a number of scratches in the clad of the fiber optic cable; display on the mobile device indicia to be selected by the user indicating a fail status and pass status for the coupled fiber optic cable; and selectively take a corrective action based on the indicia selected by the user regarding the state of the fiber optic cable.