LED light global positioning and routing communication system

• US 9,252,883 B2
• Filed: 10/10/2013
• Issued: 02/02/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Federal Law Enforcement Development Services, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Federal Law Enforcement Development Services, Inc.
• Inventors: Pederson, John C.
• Primary Examiner(s): MULLEN, THOMAS J
• Application Number:
  US14/050,765
• Publication Number:
  US 20140037297A1
• Time in Patent Office: 845 Days
• Field of Search: 340/815.45, 398/118, 398/172
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 includes at least one optical transceiver, the optical transceiver including a light support and a processor. The light support has a plurality of light emitting diodes and at least one photodetector attached thereto. The processor is in communication with the light emitting diodes and the at least one photodetector, where the processor is constructed and arranged to illuminate at least one of the light emitting diodes to generate a light signal which in turn includes at least one embedded data packet. The at least one embedded data packet communicates global positioning system (GPS) location information.

Claims

1. An LED light and communication system comprising:

at least one optical transceiver, the at least one optical transceiver comprising;

at least one light emitting diode and at least one photodetector attached thereto, the at least one light emitting diode generating illumination, said illumination comprising a plurality of flashes of illumination, said flashes of illumination not being observable to the unaided eyes of an individual;

a processor in communication with the at least one light emitting diode and the at least one photodetector, the processor being constructed and arranged to regulate said plurality of flashes of illumination into at least one communication signal, said at least one communication signal comprising at least one data packet, said at least one data packet comprising global positioning system location information and a last optical transceiver transmission address.

2. The system of claim 1, the at least one communication signal comprising a destination address, wherein the destination address includes global positioning system (GPS) location information.

3. The system of claim 2, the at least one communication signal comprising an origin address, wherein the origin address includes global positioning system (GPS) location information.

4. The system of claim 3, the LED light and communication system further comprising a second optical transceiver, the second optical transceiver having a second optical transceiver address, wherein the at least one communication signal includes global positioning system (GPS) location information for the second optical transceiver address.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the at least one optical transceiver is an origin optical transceiver, and wherein the at least one communication signal includes global positioning system (GPS) location information for the origin optical transceiver.

6. The system of claim 5, further comprising a destination optical transceiver, wherein the at least one communication signal includes global positioning system (GPS) location information for the destination optical transceiver.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the second optical transceiver is located between the origin optical transceiver and the destination optical transceiver.

8. The system of claim 4, wherein the at least one optical transceiver is a destination optical transceiver, and wherein the at least one communication signal includes global positioning system (GPS) location information for the destination optical transceiver.

9. In combination, the system of claim 1 and a broadband over power line communications system.

10. The combination of claim 9, wherein the LED light and communication system is in communication with an operating system for a structure.

11. The combination of claim 9, wherein the LED light and communication system is in communication with a security system for a structure.

12. The combination of claim 9, wherein the LED light and communication system is in communication with a security system for a structure and an operating system for the structure.

13. The system of claim 1, the at least one data packet comprising global positioning system (GPS) routing information.

14. The system of claim 1, said at least on data packet comprising a manufacturer-embedded serial number.

15. The system of claim 1, said processor being constructed and arranged to read a transmitted data packet received by said at least one photodetector from another optical transceiver and to determine a direction for re-transmission of said transmitted data packet.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one photodetector functions as a separate receiver channel relative to another photodetector on said at least one optical transceiver.

17. An LED light and communication system comprising:

at least one optical transceiver, the optical transceiver comprising;

a plurality of light emitting diodes and at least one photodetector attached thereto, the plurality of light emitting diodes generating illumination, said illumination comprising a plurality of flashes of illumination, said flashes of illumination not being observable to the unaided eyes of an individual;

a processor in communication with the plurality of light emitting diodes and the at least one photodetector, the processor being constructed and arranged to regulate said plurality of flashes of illumination into at least one communication signal wherein the at least one communication signal comprises at least one data packet comprising at least one address comprising global positioning system location information, said at least one data packet further comprising a last optical transceiver transmission address; and

wherein the at least one optical transceiver is constructed and arranged to allow parallel communication using said plurality of light emitting diodes.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein each of the plurality of light emitting diodes acts as a separate transmission channel.