ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,963, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Communication using light emission and camera" was invented by Brian J. Soderholm (Peachtree City, Ga.) and Joseph Kyle Van Bavel (Oakville, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In accordance with example systems and methods, an equipment can be operable to emit, using a light emitting device (e.g., an LED), coded light. The coded light can be captured by a camera in the form of image data. The image data can be processed and to data related to the equipment, such as a hardware information, version of software associated with the equipment, statu...