COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD

• US 20130126713A1
• Filed: 11/05/2012
• Published: 05/23/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: University of Edinburgh
• Original Assignee: University of Edinburgh
• Inventors: Haas, Harald, Afgani, Mostafa, Sinanovic, Sinan, Underwood, Ian, Povey, Gordon, Tsonev, Dobroslav, Popoola, Wasiu
• Application Number:
  US13/669,284
• Publication Number:
  US 20130126713A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 250/208.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/116 Visible light communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/60 Receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/691 Arrangements for optimizing the photodetector in the receiver

Abstract

A detection system for use with a communications system and an associated communication systems, methods, portable electronics devices and geolocation and/or reporting devices, the detection system having at least one radiation detector for receiving a radiation signal, wherein the at least one radiation detector includes a plurality of sensing elements, and the detection system is configured to detect the radiation signal using differing subsets of sensing elements at differing times and determine data encoded in the radiation signal based on the radiation detected by the different subsets of sensing elements.

Claims

1. A detection system for use with a communications system, the detection system comprising at least one radiation detector for receiving a radiation signal, wherein the at least one radiation detector comprises a plurality of sensing elements, and wherein the detection system is configured to detect the radiation signal using differing subsets of sensing elements at differing times and determine data encoded in the radiation signal based on the radiation detected by the different subsets of sensing elements.