Patent ID: 7605842
Filing Date: 2009-10-20
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. A vehicular optical communications network, comprising: a vehicle optical transmitter for generating a vehicle optical data signal comprising vehicle data; a vehicle sensor having a plurality of pixels and detecting an image in a vehicle sensor field of view, each pixel configured to generate a pixel data signal responsive to a remote optical data signal if a remote optical transmitter is in a respective pixel field of view; a vehicle communications module in communication with the vehicle sensor, the vehicle communications module generating a data signal responsive to the pixel data signal generated by at least one of the pixels of the vehicle sensor; a remote optical transmitter for generating a remote optical data signal comprising remote data; a remote sensor having a plurality of pixels and detecting an image in a remote sensor field of view, each of the pixels of the remote sensor configured to generate a pixel data signal responsive to the vehicle optical data signal if the vehicle optical transmitter is in a respective pixel field of view; and a remote communications module in communication with the remote sensor, the remote communications module generating a data signal responsive to the pixel data signal generated by at least one of the pixels of the remote sensor.