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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Fritz Gfeller, Rueschlikon, CH;
Walter Hirt, Wettswil, CH;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/000 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/000 ;
Abstract
The invention involves an optical wireless communication system comprising a transmitter and a receiver wherein the transmitter has a three-dimensional optical emission characteristic and the receiver has a three-dimensional optical reception characteristic. According to the present invention, the shape of the optical emission characteristic matches the shape of the optical reception characteristic at least within one two-dimensional plane.