Patent ID: 9607393
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: G01C,G01S,G06K,G06T,H04B,H04J,H04N

Claim:
1. A luminaire comprising: a frame; a plurality of panels arranged within the frame, each panel being independently controllable and comprising at least one solid-state light source, wherein the light sources of each panel are configured to output light; at least one modulator configured to modulate the light output of the light sources of the panels to allow for emission of light-based communication (LCom) signals; and a controller configured to synchronize timing of the LCom signals, such that a first LCom signal emitted from a first one of the panels is synchronized to a second LCom signal emitted from a second one of the panels, wherein the first and second LCom signals are simultaneously emitted and inverse to each other, and wherein a data rate of data emitted by the luminaire is lower when the LCom signals comprise orientation information than when the LCom signals do not comprise orientation information.