Patent ID: 8977135
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a guide member; a receiver device including an optical detector configured to decode received light into raw data, a signal processor configured to decode the raw data into input data, and telescope optics mounted to an angle adjustment at an end of the guide member and configured to receive light reflected from a spot on a surface external to the receiver device and focus at least a portion of the light onto the optical detector, the angle adjustment configured to allow the telescope optics to be aimed (i) substantially parallel to and substantially on the same axis as the guide member to facilitate passing of the apparatus through a bore and (ii) towards the spot on the surface; and a transmitter device including a laser configured to generate a laser beam directed at a spot on a second surface external to the receiver device, and a laser driver connected to the receiver device and the laser and configured to receive the input data from the receiver device and modulate the input data onto the laser beam.