Visible light communication system and method

An electric load device configuration apparatus, comprising:

• image acquisition circuitry;
• memory circuitry;
• and
• control device processor circuitry coupled to the image acquisition circuitry and to the memory circuitry, the control device processor circuitry to:
• responsive to receipt of a first user input, generate at least one output signal;
• cause a broadcast of the at least one output signal to a plurality of electric load devices;
• receive image data from the image acquisition circuitry;
• cause a storage of the image data in the memory circuitry;
• analyze the stored image data to identify a visible light communication (VLC) received from each of the plurality of electric load devices, the VLC including at least one unique identifier associated with the respective electric load device;
• cause a generation of a user-perceptible output using at least a portion of the received image data, the user-perceptible output including data representative of each of the plurality of electric load devices and the unique identifier associated with the respective electric load device.

An electric load device configuration method, comprising:

• generating, by control device processor circuitry, at least one output signal responsive to receipt of a first user input;
• causing, by the control device processor circuitry, a broadcast of the at least one output signal to a plurality of electric load devices;
• receiving, by the control device processor circuitry, image data from operatively coupled image acquisition circuitry;
• causing, by the control device processor circuitry, a storage of the image data in operatively coupled memory circuitry;
• analyzing, by the control device processor circuitry, the stored image data to identify a visible light communication (VLC) received from each of the plurality of electric load devices, the VLC including at least one unique identifier associated with the respective electric load device;
• and
• causing, by the control device processor circuitry, a generation of a user-perceptible output using at least a portion of the received image data, the user-perceptible output including data representative of each of the plurality of electric load devices and the unique identifier associated with the respective electric load device.