System and method for optical time-domain reflectometry and design data wire testing
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H04B-010/071
H04L-012/26
H04B-010/079
H04Q-011/00
G06F-017/30
G06T-011/60
출원번호
US-0432223
(2017-02-14)
등록번호
US-10230459
(2019-03-12)
발명자
/ 주소
Courter, Brandon M.
Ngo, Nam V.
Farner, Scott C
Dray, Joseph M.
출원인 / 주소
THE BOEING COMPANY
대리인 / 주소
Parsons Behle & Latimer
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초록▼
A system for testing continuity of a cable assembly includes an optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR) device selectively coupled to an input connector of a cable and a design database storing cable data. The cable data indicates at least a length of the cable. The system includes a processor and
A system for testing continuity of a cable assembly includes an optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR) device selectively coupled to an input connector of a cable and a design database storing cable data. The cable data indicates at least a length of the cable. The system includes a processor and memory in communication with the processor. The processor is configured to execute instructions stored on the memory which cause the processor to receive the cable data from the design database, receive OTDR data associated with the cable from the OTDR device, and calculate a distance-to-fault based on the OTDR data. In response to the distance-to-fault being less than the length of the cable, the processor determines that a connectivity failure has occurred with the cable and generates fault data indicating the connectivity failure.
대표청구항▼
1. A system for testing continuity of a cable assembly, the system comprising: an optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR) device configured to selectively couple to an input connector of one of a plurality of cables via a switching matrix;a design database storing cable data, the cable data indicat
1. A system for testing continuity of a cable assembly, the system comprising: an optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR) device configured to selectively couple to an input connector of one of a plurality of cables via a switching matrix;a design database storing cable data, the cable data indicating at least a length of the cable, a connector, and a pin, wherein the cable data further indicates pathways of cables within vehicles;a processor and memory in communication with the processor, the processor configured to execute instructions stored on the memory which cause the processor to: receive a user input via an input device indicating a vehicle, a connector, and a pin;send a request to a design database identifying the vehicle, the connector, and the pin;receive the cable data from the design database;receive OTDR data associated with the cable from the OTDR device;calculate a distance-to-fault based on the OTDR data; in response to the distance-to-fault being less than the length of the cable, determine that a connectivity failure has occurred with the cable and generate fault data indicating the connectivity failure; andgenerate 3-point vehicle coordinates indicating a position of a failure within the vehicle, wherein the fault data indicating the connectivity failure further includes a numerical representation of the 3-point vehicle coordinates. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the cable includes a first cable segment and a second cable segment and further includes an intermediate connector disposed between the first and second cable segments for communicatively coupling the first and second cable segments to one another. 3. The system of claim 2, wherein the cable data further indicates a distance from the input connector of the cable to the intermediate connector, and wherein the instructions further cause the processor to: compare the distance-to-fault to the distance from the input connector of the cable to the intermediate connector; andin response to the distance-to-fault being substantially equal to the distance from the input connector of the cable to the intermediate connector, determine that the intermediate connector has failed, wherein the fault data indicating the connectivity failure further includes a part number that identifies the intermediate connector. 4. The system of claim 1, further comprising: a user output device, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to generate a graphical user interface that superimposes a graphical representation of the cable data with a graphical representation of the OTDR data and to send the graphical user interface to the user output device. 5. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to: calculate a signal loss associated with the cable based on the OTDR data; andin response to the signal loss exceeding a threshold, determine that a signal loss failure has occurred within the cable and generate fault data indicating the signal loss failure. 6. A method of testing cable continuity comprising: receiving user input indicating a vehicle, a connector, and a pin;sending a request to a design database identifying the vehicle, the connector, and the pin;after sending the request to the design database, receiving cable data from the design database indicating at least a length of a cable coupled to the connector at the pin for the vehicle from the design database;receiving optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR) data associated with the cable from an OTDR device coupled to an input connector of the cable;calculating a distance-to-fault based upon the OTDR data;comparing the distance-to-fault to the length of the cable; andin response to the distance-to-fault being less than the length of the cable, generating fault data indicating a failure with in the cable; andgenerating 3-point vehicle coordinates indicating a position of the failure within the vehicle, wherein the fault data further indicates the 3-point vehicle coordinates;sending the fault data and 3-point vehicle coordinates to a user output device. 7. The method of claim 6, further comprising: in response to the distance-to-fault being substantially equal to the length of the cable, generating pass data indicating a successful test of the cable; andsending the pass data to a user output device. 8. The method of claim 6, further comprising: in response to the distance-to-fault being greater than the length of the cable, generating error data indicating a testing error; andsending the error data to a user output device. 9. The method of claim 6, wherein the cable data further indicates that the cable includes a first cable segment and a second cable segment and further includes an intermediate connector disposed between the first and second cable segments. 10. The method of claim 9, further comprising: comparing the distance-to-fault to the distance to the intermediate connector; andin response to the distance-to-fault being substantially equal to the distance to the intermediate connector, determining that the intermediate connector has failed. 11. The method of claim 6, further comprising: generating a graphical user interface that superimposes a graphical representation of the cable data with a graphical representation of OTDR data; andsending the graphical user interface to a user output device. 12. The method of claim 6, further comprising: in addition to generating the fault data, generating a failure report indicating a cable bundle identifier associated with the failure, a cable identifier associated with the failure, a connector identifier associated with the failure, an identification of a type of failure, or any combination thereof. 13. The method of claim 6, further comprising: calculating a signal peak associated with the connector based on the OTDR data; andwhen the signal peak exceeds a threshold, generating warning data indicating the signal peak and the connector. 14. A system for testing a cable assembly, the system comprising: an optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR) device configured to selectively couple to an input connector of a cable;a design database storing cable data, the cable data indicating at least a cable length and a part number associated with at least one connector;a user output device; anda processor and memory, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: receive a user input indicating a vehicle, the connector, and a pin; andsend a request to the design database identifying the vehicle, the connector, and the pin;receive the cable data from the design database in response to the request;receive OTDR data associated with the cable from the OTDR device;calculate a distance-to-fault based on the OTDR data; andin response to the distance-to-fault being less than the length of the cable, determine that a failure has occurred within the cable and generate fault data indicating the failure;generate a graphical user interface that superimposes a graphical representation of the cable data, including a numerical representation of the part number associated with the at least one connector, with a graphical representation of OTDR data and vehicle coordinates indicating a position of the failure within the vehicle; andsend the graphical user interface to the user output device. 15. The system of claim 14, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to: generating 3-point vehicle coordinates indicating the position of the failure within the vehicle wherein the graphical user interface further includes a numerical representation of the 3-point vehicle coordinates.
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