Systems and methods for optically communicating small data packets to mobile devices

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that cause one or more processors to perform a method comprising:

• receiving at least one image that comprises image data representing a modulated signal received as radiation emitted from the at least one signal emitter, wherein the radiation represented in the image data comprises at least one period of the modulated signal and wherein the at least one image was captured by a camera of a computing device while the field of view of the camera of the computing device was moving relative to the at least one signal emitter, and wherein an exposure time of the camera to capture the at least one image is equal to or greater than the at least one period of the modulated signal;
• analyzing the at least one image;
• extracting the image data representing the radiation;
• and
• determining, from the image data that was extracted, the modulated signal transmitted by the at least one signal emitter.

A device comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that cause the one or more processors to perform the method comprising:
• receiving at least one image that comprises image data representing a modulated signal received as radiation emitted from the at least one signal emitter, wherein the radiation represented in the image data comprises at least one period of the modulated signal and wherein the at least one image was captured by a camera of a computing device while the field of view of the camera of the computing device was moving relative to the at least one signal emitter, and wherein an exposure time of the camera to capture the at least one image is equal to or greater than the at least one period of the modulated signal;
• analyzing the at least one image;
• extracting the image data representing the radiation;
• and
• determining, from the image data that was extracted, the modulated signal transmitted by the at least one signal emitter.