ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,841, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"2D beam selection procedure in an optical wireless communication system" was invented by Paul Henricus Johannes Maria Van Voorthuisen (Sint Oedenrode, Netherlands) and Francisco David Rojas Calvente (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical wireless communication device (100) comprising: a two-dimensional array of emitters (110) each emitter arranged to emit an optical signal and having an individual coverage area; wherein the two-dimensional array of emitters (110) is arranged to create a combined coverage area larger than...