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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2015
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Juan C. Juarez, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Radha A. Venkat, Columbia, MD (US);
Ricardo Luna, Columbia, MD (US);
David A. Kitchin, Laurel, MD (US);
Melissa E. Jansen, Mount Airy, MD (US);
David W. Young, Clarksville, MD (US);
Katherine T. Souza, Baltimore, MD (US);
Joseph E. Sluz, Ellicott City, MD (US);
David M. Brown, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Ryan P. DiNello-Fass, Mount Airy, MD (US);
Hala J. Tomey, Washington, DC (US);
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
An optical communications beacon receiver including a camera for capturing a plurality of beacon images. The plurality of beacon images includes a beacon signal transmitted from a beacon transmitter. The beacon receiver also including processing circuitry configured for determining the state of the beacon signal for each of the plurality of beacon images based on the known pattern, at least one beacon image of the plurality of beacon images includes a beacon on state and at least one beacon image of the plurality of beacon images includes a beacon off state, comparing the at least one beacon image including the beacon on state to the at least one beacon image including the beacon off state, and determining a beacon location based on the comparison of the at least one beacon image including the beacon on state to the at least one beacon image including the beacon off state.