ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,636, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to eSTS Inc. (Landover, Md.).
"System and method for configurable invisible light communications" was invented by Dennis L. Gette (Charleston, S.C.) and Thomas J. McAvoy (Cantonsville, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An invisible light communication system can communicate using infrared or ultraviolet light signals to provide more secure communications. The system includes a software definable and hardware configurable transmitter that uses an input, an encoder, an invisible light source, and an optic to transmit an invisible light signal. The system also includes a software definable and hardw...