Patent ID: 7113273

Claim:
A machine for inspecting ferrules of an optical connector, comprising: a Cartesian coordinate type robot capable of performing 3-axis movement in X-axis, Y-axis and Z-axis directions; a fixing means installed to move in a Y-axis direction by means of the robot for arranging a plurality of ferrules in a Cartesian coordinate system; an optical system provided to move in X-axis and Y-axis directions by means of the robot for obtaining inside diameter and outside diameter image data of each of the plurality of ferrules; a first illumination means positioned below the fixing means for illuminating each of the plurality of ferrules with back light; a second illumination means positioned to move integrally with the optical system for illuminating each of the plurality of ferrules; and a computer for processing the inside diameter and outside diameter image data from the optical system by means of a computer program.