US 11,705,700 B2
Electrical power cable preparation system
Douglas B. Gundel, Cedar Park, TX (US); Assaf Kaufman, Tal Shahar (IL); and Uri Bar-Ziv, Zichron Yaakov (IL)
Assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US); and Connected Intelligence Systems Ltd., Netanya (IL)
Appl. No. 17/309,773
Filed by 3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US); and Connected Intelligence Systems, Ltd., Netanya (IL)
PCT Filed Dec. 20, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/067970
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 17, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/132517, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/846,351, filed on May 10, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/784,214, filed on Dec. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0085583 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H02G 1/12 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01)
CPC H02G 1/1265 (2013.01) [H02G 1/127 (2013.01); H02G 1/1248 (2013.01); H04N 7/188 (2013.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising:
a camera configured to capture an image of an end-face of an electrical cable;
a housing configured to position the end-face of the electrical cable substantially perpendicular to an optical axis of the camera and at an imaging distance from the camera; and
at least one optical marker configured to indicate a diameter of the electrical cable,
wherein the image includes the at least one optical marker.