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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2012
Applicants:
Aaron Ganick, Medford, MA (US);
Daniel Ryan, North Andover, MA (US);
Inventors:
Aaron Ganick, Medford, MA (US);
Daniel Ryan, North Andover, MA (US);
Assignee:
Bytelight, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 1/60 (2006.01); H01J 7/42 (2006.01); H05B 37/04 (2006.01); G01C 21/20 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H05B 37/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/206 (2013.01); H04N 5/2357 (2013.01); H05B 37/0272 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a self identifying light source including an emitter that produces visible light; and an autonomous modulator in electrical communication with the emitter that automatically and continually modulates the visible light produced by the emitter, wherein the modulated visible light represents an identification code of the light source. In some embodiments, the emitter is a light emitting diode (LED) and further comprising an LED driver that provides a specified voltage and current to each LED in the light source.