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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2014
The University Court of the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, GB;
Dobroslav Tsonev, Edinburgh, GB;
Harald Haas, Edinburgh, GB;
Zixiong Wang, Edinburgh, GB;
Stefan I. Videv, Edinburgh, GB;
Tom Higgison, Edinburgh, GB;
The University Court of the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, GB;
Abstract
A receiver system () having at least one receiver () for receiving optical communications signals () that encode or transmit information; wherein the receiver system () is adapted to produce one or more electrical signals () from the received optical signal () and/or from ambient light () such that the receiver system () is usable as a source of electrical power and the encoded or transmitted information from the received optical communication signal () is recovered or recoverable from the electrical signal(s) (). Embodiments of the invention also relate to a communications system () that further comprises one or more transmitters () and a device having the receiver systems (), along with associated methods of using and producing. Particular embodiments relate to identification tags () and user devices () having a display () that at least partially overlaps the receiver(s) ().