CABLE CONNECTION VERIFICATION SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20160103169A1
• Filed: 10/08/2015
• Published: 04/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: NAKAJIMA, Takenobu
• Application Number:
  US14/878,413
• Publication Number:
  US 20160103169A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/52 Testing for short-circuits, leakage current or ground faults
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/58 Testing of lines, cables or conductors testing of electric windings G01R31/72
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0723 the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on transponder cards, non-contact smart cards or RFIDs
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07758 arrangements for adhering the record carrier to further objects or living beings, functioning as an identification tag
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 9/24 Terminal blocks

Abstract

A cable connection verification system includes: a transmitter configured to transmit an inspection signal to a first terminal of a cable, the cable being configured to connect a first contact on a first terminal block with the first terminal and to connect a second contact on a second terminal block with a second terminal; a receiver configured to receive the inspection signal from the second terminal of the cable; and a tag generator configured to generate a tag containing ID information upon reception of the inspection signal at the receiver.

Claims

1. A cable connection verification system comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit an inspection signal to a first terminal of a cable, the cable being configured to connect a first contact on a first terminal block with the first terminal and to connect a second contact on a second terminal block with a second terminal;

a receiver configured to receive the inspection signal from the second terminal of the cable; and

a tag generator configured to generate a tag containing ID information upon reception of the inspection signal at the receiver.

2. The cable connection verification system according to claim 1, wherein the inspection signal comprises information about respective registration codes of the to-be-verified contacts of the first terminal block and second terminal block, the cable connection verification system further comprising:

a registration code processor configured to identify the registration codes in the received inspection signal; and

an information linking processor configured to link the ID information of the tag to the identified registration codes.

3. The cable connection verification system according to claim 1, wherein the receiver receives the inspection signal returned from the second terminal, on the first terminal.

4. The cable connection verification system according to claim 1, further comprising:

an image generator configured to pick up image data of the tag affixed to the first or the second terminal of the cable; and

an ID information processor configured to extract the ID information from the image data; and

a comparator configured to determine consistency of the ID information extracted from the image data and the ID information linked to the registration code.

5. The cable connection verification system according to claim 4, wherein to transmit the inspection signal, the ID information processor extracts at least one of ID information in an identification tag affixed to the first or the second terminal of the cable and ID information in identification tags affixed to the contacts.

6. The cable connection verification system according to claim 4, wherein at least one of the image generator, the ID information processor, and the comparator are configured to operate during a period in which the tag is generated and the transmitter and the receiver are transmitting and receiving the inspection signal.

7. A cable connection verification method comprising the steps of:

preparing a cable comprising a first terminal and a second terminal;

connecting the first terminal of the cable with a first contact on a first terminal block;

connecting the second terminal of the cable with a second contact on a second terminal block;

transmitting an inspection signal to the first terminal of the cable;

receiving the inspection signal from the second terminal of the cable; and

issuing a tag containing ID information upon receiving the inspection signal.

8. A cable connection verification program configured to cause a computer to execute the steps of:

transmitting an inspection signal to a first terminal of a cable, the cable being configured to connect a first contact on a first terminal block with the first terminal and to connect a second contact on a second terminal block with a second terminal;

receiving the inspection signal from the second terminal of the cable; and

issuing a tag containing ID information upon receiving the inspection signal.