US Patent Issued to KYOCERA SLD Laser on June 16 for "Laser based white light system configured for communication" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,659,034, issued on June 16, was assigned to KYOCERA SLD Laser Inc. (Goleta, Calif.).

"Laser based white light system configured for communication" was invented by Daniel Grieder (Goleta, Calif.), Colin Greenidge (Goleta, Calif.), Christopher Stuart (Goleta, Calif.), Eric Goutain (Fremont, Calif.) and James W. Raring (Santa Barbara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication module includes a laser driving unit (LDU) and one or more multifunction illumination units. The one or more multifunction illumination units are be coupled to the LDU with an electrical connection and configured to transmit both electrical power and data."...