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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2012
Applicant:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Grace Rusi Woo, Cambridge, MA (US);
Andrew B Lippman, Salem, MA (US);
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/025 (2006.01); H04N 7/035 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/0085 (2013.01); G06T 2201/0052 (2013.01);
Abstract
System for conveying a stream of information. The system includes an encoding device employing a spatio-temporal coding scheme that omits light, including codes embedded therein that are invisible to a user. A receiver that might be a cell phone camera receives light from the encoding device and computer apparatus is programmed with software to decode the received light to generate the stream of information. The encoding device is preferably a video display.