Bed/room/patient association systems and methods

SA Dixon, KA Huster, MS Hood, JM Allen… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and methods of associating beds and/or rooms and/or patients are
provided. One system and method involves using a signature of emitted light to determine a …

Tracking objects with markers

E Foxlin, L Naimark - US Patent 8,224,024, 2012 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND The position of a point in 3-D space can be described by three coordinates
x, y, and Z. The orientation of a 3-D object is described by three additional coordinates, roll …

Information communication method using change in luminance

M Oshima, K Nakanishi, H Aoyama, I Fuchigami… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
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System and method for communication with a mobile device via a positioning system including RF communication devices and modulated beacon light sources

D Ryan, KE Green, EP Malandrakis… - US Patent 9,509,402, 2016 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A light source emits a modulated light, and a radio-fre quency transceiver
disposed therewith emits a radio-fre quency signal. A mobile device may receive either or …

Content delivery based on a light positioning system

A Ganick, D Ryan - US Patent 8,964,016, 2015 - Google Patents
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System and method for creating and sharing an event using a social network

CD Huston, C Coleman - US Patent 8,933,967, 2015 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A system and method for creating and viewing artificial real ity (AR)
messages at an event, such as a sporting event, and sharing the event on a social network …

Location-based mobile services and applications

A Ganick, D Ryan - US Patent 9,418,115, 2016 - Google Patents
In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for performing a
location-based search from a mobile device in a given location including an imaging sensor …

Light positioning system using digital pulse recognition

A Ganick, D Ryan - US Patent 8,248,467, 2012 - Google Patents
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Systems and related methods for three dimensional gesture recognition in vehicles

TA El Dokor - US Patent 8,396,252, 2013 - Google Patents
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Information-processing system using free-space optical communication and free-space optical communication system

K Kagawa, Y Maeda, J Ohta - US Patent 7,715,723, 2010 - Google Patents
In a system for data communication between an information terminal to be operated by a
user and remote communication nodes, the present invention intends to Suppress the power …