Systems and methods for communicating through a glass window barrier

A system operative to facilitate communication through a glass window barrier, comprising:

• a first electrical surface attached to one side of a glass window, in which the glass window is magnetically transparent to magnetic fields and is also optically transparent to visible light;
• and
• a second electrical surface attached to the other side of the glass window and positioned in parallel to the first electrical surface;
• wherein:
• the system is configured to exploit said magnetic transparency in order to convey electrical power, through the glass window, in a form of an alternating magnetic field, from the first electrical surface to the second electrical surface, thereby powering a communication device positioned on said other side of the glass window;
• and
• the system is further configured to exploit said optical transparency in order to convey a communication signal generated by the communication device, through the glass window, in a form of an optical signal, from the second electrical surface back to the first electrical surface, thereby facilitating communication through the glass window.

A system operative to facilitate communication through a glass window barrier using a single electrical power source, comprising:

• a first electrical surface attached to one side of a glass window, in which the first electrical surface comprises:
• (i) a first induction coil, (ii) a photo-detector, and (iii) a first interface facilitating electrical contact with both a single electrical power source and a first communication device;
• and
• a second electrical surface attached to the other side of the glass window and positioned in parallel to the first electrical surface, in which the second electrical surface comprises:
• (i) a second induction coil, (ii) a photo-emitter, and (iii) a second interface facilitating electrical contact with a second communication device;
• wherein:
• the first interface is configured to convey electrical power from the single electrical power source to the first induction coil;
• the first induction coil is configured to further covey said electrical power, in a form of an alternating magnetic field, through the glass window, to the second induction coil;
• the second induction coil is configured to further convey said electrical power to the second interface;
• the second interface is configured to further convey said electrical power to the second communication device;
• the second communication device is configured to used said electrical power to decode an incoming communication signal, thereby producing a decoded data set;
• the photo-emitter is configured to send the decoded data set, in a form of an optical signal, through the glass window, to the photo-detector;
• the photo-detector is configured to convert the optical signal into an electrical signal;
• and
• the first interface is configured to convey the electrical signal to the first communication device;
• thereby communicatively connecting the first and second communication devices via the glass window and using the single electrical power source.