ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,904, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to AeroVironment Inc. (Arlington, Va.).
"System and method for solar cell array communication" was invented by Nader Michael Lotfy (Pasadena, Calif.) and Eric James Aagaard (Los Angeles).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one implementation, a method for a solar cell array is provided, the method includes emitting a communication message from the solar cell array by reverse biasing the solar cell array so as to cause at least a portion of the solar array to emit a detectable amount of radiation corresponding to the communication message."
The patent was filed on Nov. 30, 2023, under Application No....