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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2018
Applicant:
Gooee Limited, St Albans, GB;
Inventors:
Simon Coombes, St Petersburg, FL (US);
Shmuel Silverman, Novato, CA (US);
Assignee:
Gooee Limited, St Albans, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 33/08 (2006.01); H04B 10/116 (2013.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/116 (2013.01); H05B 33/089 (2013.01); H05B 33/0854 (2013.01); H04L 67/125 (2013.01);
Abstract
Sectorized Visual Light Communication (VLC)/Dark Light Communication (DLC) systems and sensors are generally disclosed. The exemplary VLC/DLC systems may include a transmitter for transmitting a light signal including information about the transmitting light source, and a receiver with a number of surface facets facing in different directions at different angles, and configured to determine a distance and a direction of a transmitting light source from the VLC/DLC receiver. Associated exemplary methods for automatic identification and grouping of light sources are disclosed.