Methods for transmitting data via free space spatiotemporal patterns in a datacenter
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsTeresa A. Nick, Winston Allen Saunders, Maria Leena Kyllikki Viitaniemi, Nicholas Andrew Keehn, Eric C. Peterson, Christian L. Belady
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Abstract
A system may include a first node having a first display device configured to display a first spatiotemporal pattern. A system may include a second node having a second display device configured to display a second spatiotemporal pattern. A system may include a camera. A system may include a means for selectively imaging one of the first spatiotemporal pattern and the second spatiotemporal pattern with the camera.
Claims25
A datacenter computing system comprising:
- a first node having a first display device configured to display a first spatiotemporal pattern;
- a second node having a second display device configured to display a second spatiotemporal pattern;
- a camera;
- and
- a means for selectively imaging one of the first spatiotemporal pattern and the second spatiotemporal pattern with the camera, wherein the means for selectively imaging includes a synchronization controller configured to instruct the camera to capture a frame of the first spatiotemporal pattern during a first exposure duration and readout the frame of the first spatiotemporal pattern during a second display duration of the second spatiotemporal pattern.
A datacenter computing system comprising:
- a display device configured to display a first spatiotemporal pattern with a first display duration and a second spatiotemporal pattern after the first spatiotemporal pattern with a second display duration;
- a first camera;
- a second camera;
- and
- a synchronization controller in data communication with the display device and with the first camera and second camera, wherein the synchronization controller is configured to:
- instruct the first camera to capture the first spatiotemporal pattern during the first display duration, and
- instruct the second camera to capture the second spatiotemporal pattern during the second display duration.
A datacenter computing system comprising:
- an outer cylinder including:
- a first plurality of processors,
- a first plurality of display devices, and
- a first plurality of cameras;
- and
- an inner cylinder including:
- a second plurality of display devices, and
- a second plurality of cameras.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.