Patent ID: 6590659
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: G01J

Abstract:
A method for identification of a wire or a fiber in a multi-wire or multi-fiber cable comprising the steps of:striping an end of said cable into individual wires or fibers; applying to a buffer of said wire or fiber a portable hand-held device comprising: a body containing: a probe located at a distal end of said body; a holder with a V-shaped groove attached to a distal end of said probe; a polychromatic white light source illuminating said buffer through said V-shaped groove of said holder; a plurality of photodetectors associated with color filters; a signal processing means; a power supply; a spring-loaded clamp steady fixing said buffer in said V-shaped groove of said holder; a switch associated with said clamp; a display indicating mode status and identification symbol of said buffer; measuring color parameters of said buffer; comparing measured color parameters with reference color parameters stored in a memory of said signal processing means; selecting an identification symbol of said buffer as one that have the same measured and reference color parameters; displaying said identification symbol on said display.