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Light device with beacon for positioning

US11596045B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

OSRAM GmbH · DE

Inventors

Christoph Peitz · Lippstadt, DE
Andrej Wallwitz · Hersbruck, DE
Karl-Heinz Wallwitz · Berlin, DE
Andreas Zaggl · Munich, DE
Michel Stutz · Munich, DE
Henry Feil · Unterhaching, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 21, 2019
Grant date	Feb 28, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 20, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH05B47/19
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and a method for operating a lighting device may include a transmission device and an optional communication unit. The transmission device may be configured to wirelessly transmit a radio signal with identification data specific to the transmission device of the lighting device via at least two radio channels. The transmitted radio signal transmitted via a respective one of the at least two channels may include channel data with respect to the respective one of the radio channels. In a non-limiting embodiment, the transmission device is a beacon.

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