Patent ID: 11920367
Assignee: ELLIPTIC WORKS LLC
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  G  H | IPC E  G  H

Claim 0:
1. A visual light communication (VLC) system operable within a body of a given fluid, comprising:
a send-receive assembly operable completely submerged in a body of the given fluid, the send-receive assembly having:
a) a light transmitter operable in the body of the given fluid, the light transmitter configured to repeatedly transition between an on configuration where light is produced and an off configuration where no light is produced in order to generate and transmit a light signal that passes through the body of the given fluid, and the light signal has encoded therein information; and
b) a light sensor operable within the body of the given fluid to receive another transmitted light signal, wherein the light sensor is configured to convert the light signal into an electronic signal,

wherein the send-receive assembly is configured to receive the another transmitted light signal within the body of the given fluid regardless of a direction from which the another transmitted signal emanates; and
a processor communicatively coupled to the send-receive assembly and configured to react to the presence of an object in the body of the given fluid.