Control processor for use with a transceiver in an optical wireless network
OwnerHarry Littlejohn, Eric McMurry +1inventors
InventorsHarry Littlejohn, Eric McMurry, Steven D. Roemerman
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Abstract
For use with a transceiver employing an inertial sensor and capable of transmitting a laser beam to an other transceiver, a beam control processor and method of providing beam steering commands for a transmitter element of the transceiver. In one embodiment, the beam control processor includes a line-of-sight estimation subsystem configured to provide a line-of-sight pointing vector of the laser beam based on acceleration inertial motion data provided by the inertial sensor. The beam control processor also includes a line-of-sight control subsystem configured to generate beam steering commands for the transceiver as a function of the line-of-sight pointing vector.
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A beam control processor for use with a transceiver employing an inertial sensor and capable of transmitting a laser beam to an other transceiver, comprising:
- a line-of-sight estimation subsystem configured to provide a line-of-sight pointing vector of said laser beam based on acceleration inertial motion data provided by said inertial sensor;
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- a line-of-sight control subsystem configured to generate beam steering commands for said transceiver as a function of said line-of-sight pointing vector.
A method of providing beam steering commands for use with a transceiver employing an inertial sensor and capable of transmitting a laser beam to an other transceiver, comprising:
- providing a line-of-sight pointing vector of said laser beam based on acceleration inertial motion data provided by said inertial sensor;
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- generating beam steering commands for said transceiver as a function of said line-of-sight pointing vector.
A transceiver, comprising:
- a housing that provides a foundation for said transceiver;
- an inertial sensor, coupled to said housing, configured to provide acceleration inertial motion data associated with said transceiver;
- a transmitter element configured to transmit a transmitted laser beam to an other transceiver;
- a receiver element configured to receive a received laser beam from an other transceiver;
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- a control processor, coupled to said transmitter and receiver elements, configured to provide beam steering control for said transmitter element and orientation control for said receiver element, including:
- a beam control processor, including:
- a line-of-sight estimation subsystem configured to provide a line-of-sight pointing vector of said transmitted laser beam based on acceleration inertial motion data provided by said inertial sensor, and
- a line-of-sight control subsystem configured to generate beam steering commands for said transmitter element as a function of said line-of-sight pointing vector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.