ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,707, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Adaptive alignment of optical wireless communication devices" was invented by Andreas Felix Alfred Bluschke (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Onno Martin Janssen (Geldrop, Netherlands) and Pamungkas Prawisuda Sumasta (Breda, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to optical wireless communication systems that use radiation beams for communication. In such systems aiming at the communication partner is not easy especially if the distance between the communication devices is longer and radiation in the non-visible range is used. I...