Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems, methods and apparatus for light enabled indoor positioning and reporting
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Application No.: US15721944Application Date: 2017-10-01
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Publication No.: US10708732B2Publication Date: 2020-07-07
- Inventor: Thomas Lawrence Zampini, II
- Applicant: BECO, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MA Cambridge
- Assignee: Beco, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Beco, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Cambridge
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Main IPC: H04W4/33
- IPC: H04W4/33 ; H04W52/02 ; H04W48/10 ; H04W4/80 ; G01S5/02 ; G01S5/00 ; H04W64/00

Abstract:
The present disclosure is directed systems, methods, and apparatus for light enabled indoor positioning and reporting. In some embodiments, a device of the present disclosure includes a housing that includes a processor and a wireless radio. The device includes a clip that secures the housing adjacent to and a predetermined distance from a portion of a light tube that produces light. The device includes a solar cell that is configured to be exposed to the light from the light tube upon the housing being securely attached via the one or more clips adjacent to the portion of the light tube. The device includes a circuit by which power is converted from the solar cell to the processor and the wireless radio via at least one switch. The wireless radio can broadcast a beacon provided by the processor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180027386A1 SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR LIGHT ENABLED INDOOR POSITIONING AND REPORTING Public/Granted day:2018-01-25
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