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Variable bandwidth free-space optical communication system for autonomous or semi-autonomous passenger vehicles

US11533111B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Glydways Inc. · US

Inventors

Nathan Leefer · San Francisco, US
Gregory A. Springer · Los Altos, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 22, 2020
Grant date	Dec 20, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 4, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04B10/502
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A passenger vehicle optical communication system includes a source vehicle including a light source and an endpoint vehicle including a camera. The source vehicle transmits a series of patterns using the light source to communicate, as one example, state information to the endpoint vehicle.

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