LED light interior room and building communication system

• US 10,050,705 B2
• Filed: 05/31/2016
• Issued: 08/14/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Federal Law Enforcement Development Services, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Federal Law Enforcement Development Services, Inc.
• Inventors: Pederson, John C., Brown, Paul R., Vogt, Timothy J., LeClaire, James, Zimmerman, James, Mikkelsen, Brent
• Primary Examiner(s): Vanderpuye, Ken N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Alagheband, Abbas H
• Application Number:
  US15/168,939
• Publication Number:
  US 20160277110A1
• Time in Patent Office: 805 Days
• Field of Search: 398116, 398 96, 398103, 398118
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 1/7034 Mounting or deployment thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 1/7038 Signal details
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 2201/01 adapted for specific applications or environments
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/00 Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/11 Arrangements specific to free-space transmission, i.e. transmission through air or vacuum
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/114 Indoor or close-range type systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/1141 One-way transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/1143 Bidirectional transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/1149 Arrangements for indoor wireless networking of information
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/116 Visible light communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/40 Transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/502 LED transmitters
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 3/54 Systems for transmission via power distribution lines
• CPC Class Codes: H04K 1/10 by using two signals transmitted simultaneously or successively
• CPC Class Codes: H04K 2203/22 for communication related to vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H04K 3/22 including jamming detection and monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04K 3/90 related to allowing or preventing navigation or positioning, e.g. GPS
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 11/0003 Details
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/20 Controlling the colour of the light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/115 : by determining the presence or movement of objects or living beings
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/185 : via power line carrier transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/195 : the transmission using visible or infrared light
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/40 : Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection

Abstract

An LED light and communication system in communication with a broadband over power line communications system. The LED light and communication system includes at least one optical transceiver. The optical transceiver includes a light support having a plurality of light emitting diodes and at least one photodetector attached thereto, and a processor. The processor is in communication with the light emitting diodes and the at least one photodetector. The processor is constructed and arranged to generate a communication signal. The at least one optical transceiver is engaged to a clock, and the clock is in communication with the broadband over power line communications system.

Claims

1. In combination, an LED light and communication system in communication with a broadband over power line communications system, comprising:

a plurality of optical transceivers disposed throughout a facility each of said optical transceivers comprising a processor, a plurality of light emitting diodes, and at least one photodetector, said plurality of light emitting diodes generating light as illumination, said processor being in communication with said plurality of light emitting diodes and said at least one photodetector, said processor being constructed and arranged for transmission of at least one transmitted communication signal and said at least one photodetector being constructed and arranged for receipt of at least one received communication signal, said at least one transmitted communication signal being embedded within said illumination and having a wavelength in the visible spectrum, and said at least one received communication signal being embedded within a light signal having a wavelength in the visible spectrum, each of said at least one transmitted communication signal and said at least one received communication signal comprising a plurality of rapid flashes of light, said rapid flashes of light not observable to an individual, wherein said rapid flashes of light are configured for transmission of information or data, each of said plurality of optical transceivers further comprising at least one internal optical transceiver location identifier, said at least one transmitted communication signal comprising said at least one internal optical transceiver location identifier.

2. The combination of claim 1, said at least one received communication signal comprising at least one last transmission optical transceiver location identifier and at least one destination optical transceiver location identifier, said processor being further constructed and arranged to compare said at least one destination optical transceiver location identifier to said at least one internal optical transceiver location identifier and to re-transmit said at least one received communication signal as said at least one transmitted communication signal when said at least one destination optical transceiver location identifier is not identical to said at least one internal optical transceiver location identifier.

3. The combination of claim 2, wherein said processor is constructed and arranged to replace said at least one last transmission optical transceiver location identifier with said at least one internal optical transceiver location identifier in said at least one received communication signal as said at least one last transmission optical transceiver location identifier.

4. The combination of claim 3, wherein each of said at least one internal optical transceiver location identifier, said at least one last transmission optical transceiver location identifier, and said at least one destination optical transceiver location identifier comprise global positioning system location information.

5. The combination of claim 4, wherein at least one of said plurality of optical transceivers is engaged to and is in communication with an electronic device, said electronic device being in communication with a broadband over power line communications system, said electronic device being further constructed and arranged to receive at least one broadband over power line communication signal from the broadband over power line communication system and to communicate said at least one broadband over power line communication signal to at least one of said plurality of optical transceivers.

6. The combination of claim 1, further comprising an amplifier constructed and arranged to amplify said at least one transmitted communication signal, said combination further comprising at least one of level shifting circuitry, modulation circuitry, phase-shifting keying, amplitude-shifting keying, frequency-shifting keying and quadrature modulation.

7. The combination of claim 1, further comprising an intelligent audio/visual observation and identification database system in communication with said combination of said LED light and communication system and said broadband over power line communication system.

8. The combination of claim 1, wherein at least one of said plurality of optical transceivers is constructed and arranged to communicate with a thermostat.

9. The combination of claim 1, wherein the at least one of said plurality of optical transceivers is constructed and arranged to communicate with a video camera.

10. The combination of claim 1, wherein the at least one of said plurality of optical transceivers is constructed and arranged to communicate with a public address system.

11. The combination of claim 1, wherein the at least one of said plurality of optical transceivers is constructed and arranged to communicate with a smoke detector.

12. The combination of claim 1, wherein said processor is constructed and arranged to receive at least one broadband over power line communication signal and to include said at least one broadband over power line communication signal into at least a portion of said at least one transmitted communication signal.

13. The combination of claim 1, said at least one transmitted communication signal and said at least one received communication signal each comprising at least one data packet.

14. The combination of claim 1, at least one of said plurality of optical transceivers further comprising at least one of a camera, a microphone, and a speaker.