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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2011
Applicants:
Woon Hau Chin, Bristol, GB;
Mahesh Sooriyabandara, Bristol, GB;
Inventors:
Woon Hau Chin, Bristol, GB;
Mahesh Sooriyabandara, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/00 (2013.01); H04B 10/116 (2013.01); G01S 1/70 (2006.01); H04B 10/114 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/116 (2013.01); G01S 1/70 (2013.01); H04B 10/114 (2013.01);
Abstract
Localization of an electronic device is enabled by establishing a localization environment wherein sources of visible light are configured to modulate onto emitted light a detectable signal, each signal bearing information identifying that light source, such that light incident on a device can be processed to identify particular sources of incident light and therefrom the location of the device.