ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,497, issued on June 23, was assigned to NTT Inc. (Tokyo).

"Communication systems, controls, control methods, and programs" was invented by Ryota Shiina (Musashino, Japan), Shinya Tamaki (Musashino, Japan) and Tomohiro Taniguchi (Musashino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object of the present invention is to provide a communication system, a control device, a control method, and a program that can inexpensively acquire highly reliable sensor data. A communication system according to the present invention includes a control device, a plurality of lighting devices, and an IoT device. The lighting devices output modulated light ...