Camera system including a proximity sensor and related methods
AssigneepureLiFi Limited
InventorAngelos SPANOS
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Abstract
A camera for capturing an image comprising: an image sensor configured to generate image sensor data in response to received light; a processing resource configured to process the image sensor data to obtain image data and communication data, wherein obtaining the communication data comprises performing a demodulation process in respect of at least part of the image sensor data, wherein the processing resource is further configured to transmit the communication data and the image data to at least one further processing resource.
Claims17
A proximity sensor configured to generate proximity data representative of a nearby object using optical signals, the proximity sensor comprising:
- an emitter configured to produce an outgoing optical signal comprising at least one of a proximity signal or a communication data signal;
- a receiver configured to receive an incoming optical signal comprising at least one of an optical proximity signal or an optical wireless communication modulation signal modulated in accordance with an optical wireless communication scheme, wherein the optical wireless communication modulation signal is transmitted by a remote device;
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- a processing resource configured to perform at least one of a) or b)
- a) a demodulation process in respect of at least part of the incoming optical signal to obtain incoming optical wireless communication data
- b) a modulation process to encode outgoing optical wireless communication data on at least part of the outgoing optical signal.
A method of transmitting or receiving communication data using a proximity sensor configured to generate proximity data representative of a nearby object using optical signals, wherein the proximity sensor comprises:
- an emitter configured to produce an outgoing optical signal comprising at least one of a proximity signal or a communication data signal;
- a receiver configured to receive an incoming optical signal comprising at least one of an optical proximity signal or an optical wireless communication modulation signal modulated in accordance with an optical wireless communication scheme, wherein the optical wireless communication modulation signal is transmitted by a remote device;
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- a processing resource configured to perform at least one of a) or b)
- a) a demodulation process in respect of at least part of the incoming optical signal to obtain incoming optical wireless communication data
- b) a modulation process to encode outgoing optical wireless communication data on at least part of the outgoing optical signal;
- the method comprising:
- using an emitter of the proximity sensor to emit light comprising the outgoing optical wireless communication data;
- using a receiver of the proximity sensor to receive light comprising the incoming optical wireless communication data;
- generating a signal by the receiver in response to the light received;
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- processing the signal to extract optical wireless communication data.
A camera system comprising a camera for capturing an image, the camera comprising:
- an image sensor configured to generate image sensor data in response to received light;
- a camera processing resource configured to process the image sensor data to obtain image data and incoming optical wireless communication data, wherein the incoming optical wireless communication data are modulated in accordance with an optical wireless communication modulation scheme, wherein obtaining the incoming optical wireless communication data comprises performing a demodulation process in respect of at least part of the image sensor data, and wherein the camera processing resource is further configured to transmit the incoming optical wireless communication data and the image data to at least one further processing resource;
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- a proximity sensor configured to generate data representative of a nearby object using optical signals, wherein the proximity sensor comprises:
- an emitter configured to produce an outgoing optical signal;
- a receiver configured to receive an incoming optical signal comprising an incoming optical proximity signal and an incoming optical wireless communication signal modulated in accordance with an optical wireless communication scheme;
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- a proximity processing resource configured to perform at least one of a) and b):
- a) a modulation process to encode outgoing optical wireless communication data on at least part of the outgoing optical signal,
- b) a demodulation process in respect of at least part of the incoming optical signal to obtain incoming communication data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.