ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,667, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Infrared beacon for location sharing" was invented by Jason S Griesbach (Sausalito, Calif.), Brian M King (Saratoga, Calif.), George Ho Yin Mak (Fremont, Calif.), Pierre P Souloumiac (San Francisco) and Thayne M Miller (Escondido, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device may include an infrared light source and an infrared image sensor to enable infrared beacon functionality. In a location sharing scenario, a first electronic device may use the infrared light source to emit infrared light and serve as an infrared beacon. A second electronic dev...