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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1996
Bruce Charles Eastmond, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A positioning device (100) provides adaptive positioning for at least a first optical signal to facilitate a serial simplex broadcast between one of: a plurality of transmit communication units and a receive communication unit and at least a first transmit communication unit and a plurality of receive communication units. The transmit communication unit (102) includes an optical transmitter unit (104) for generating a free-space, collimated light beam (126), and the receive communication unit (106) includes an optical receiver unit (108) for detecting a portion of light beam (126) for communication between the transmit communication unit (102) and the receive communication unit (106).