ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,681, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to VIAVI Solutions Inc. (Chandler, Ariz.).
"Changeable tip for optical fiber inspection device" was invented by Kevin Cassady (Monroe, Wash.), Maciej Ziomkowski (Bothell, Wash.), Jay Gregory Brace (Lynnwood, Wash.), Andrew Parsons (Brier, Wash.) and Alexis Anne Bartels-Popelar (Woodinville, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some implementations, a device may receive, from one or more programmable components disposed in a changeable tip of an imaging device, a signal indicating tip configuration information associated with the removable tip. The device may activate software that causes one or...