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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2023
Panduit Corp., Tinley Park, IL (US);
Yu Huang, Orland Park, IL (US);
Jose M. Castro, Naperville, IL (US);
Bulent Kose, Burr Ridge, IL (US);
Panduit Corp., Tinley Park, IL (US);
Abstract
A low-latency free-space optical data communication channel with automatic alignment function has an optical channel, collimators, high reflective screens, and cameras. The optical channel can have two optical lenses designed to facilitate the transmission of an optical signal. The collimators can be integrated with optical fibers and precisely positioned at a focal point of the two optical lenses. Reflective screens, films or tapes encircle both transmitting and receiving lenses. Cameras at each transmitting and receiving terminal are positioned to monitor the optical signal's impact on a lens surface or a high-reflective screen on the opposite side. The cameras use at least one lens to get focused image on a camera sensor and records the optical beam spot impacting the opposite side. Corresponding LED(s) aligned with the lens position on the opposite side allow the computation of the disparity between the optical signal and the lens positioned on the opposite side.