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Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018

Filed:

Oct. 29, 2015
Applicant:

Plantronics, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Inventor:

Douglas K Rosener, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Assignee:

Plantronics, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/114 (2013.01); G01S 1/70 (2006.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); G01S 5/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/1141 (2013.01); G01S 1/70 (2013.01); G01S 5/16 (2013.01); H04W 64/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for determining a location of a user is provided that comprises a plurality of transmitters, each associated with a predefined physical location and each comprising a light source to provide an optical location signal; and at least one head-worn locator device with an optical receiver for receiving at least one of the optical location signals. To allow the determination of a location of a user that is wearing the head-worn locator device, each transmitter is configured to provide location information in the respectively provided optical location signal, wherein said location information corresponds to said predefined physical location of the respective transmitter.


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