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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 1993
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1992
Richard C Allen, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Robert J Grady, Windsor, CA (US);
Louis R Janis, Campbell, CA (US);
John Piccone, San Jose, CA (US);
Bernard E Stewart, Campbell, CA (US);
Photonics Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is for a radiation transmitter which transmits radiation to an illumination spot for forming reflected radiation. The transmitter includes a plurality of radiation transmission sources. Each of the sources transmits to a portion of the illumination spot. The transmitter includes means for alternately activating a portion of the transmission sources to illuminate a portion of the illumination spot for aligning a radiation receiver to receive the reflected radiation. Each resident of network transmits in turn its address and the address of each resident that it recognizes. Once a prospective resident can recognize each resident of the network it announces that it is joining the network and states its new address and the address of each resident it can see. Every resident then amends its list of recognized residents to include the new member.