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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2019
X Development Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Paul Csonka, Redwood City, CA (US);
Edward Allen Keyes, Mountain View, CA (US);
X DEVELOPMENT LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure provide for a method of forming a communication link between two communication devices using a primary search pattern and a secondary search pattern. A misalignment between a first optical system of a first communication device and a second optical system of a second communication device is detected. The first optical system is rotated according to the primary search pattern, and the second optical system according to the secondary search pattern. At the second communication device, a set of frames is captured. Then, it is determined whether a beacon beam transmitted from the first communication device is detected in the one or more of the captured frames. When it is determined that the beacon beam is detected, the communication link is formed between the first communication device and the second communication device.