Techniques for indoor navigation with hazard avoidance via light-based communication

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PATENT NO 9979476
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15127478

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Techniques are disclosed for enhancing indoor navigation using light-based communication (LCom). In some embodiments, an LCom-enabled luminaire configured as described herein may include or have access to a sensor configured to detect a hazardous condition. In response to detection of a hazard, the LCom-enabled luminaire may adjust its light output, transmit an LCom signal, or both, in accordance with some embodiments. A given LCom signal may include data that may be utilized by a recipient computing device, for example, in providing emergency evacuation routing or other indoor navigation with hazard avoidance, emergency assistance, or both. In a network of such luminaires, data distribution via inter-luminaire communication may be provided, in accordance with some embodiments, via an optical interface or other wired or wireless communication means. In some cases, the network may include a luminaire that is not LCom-enabled yet still configured for inter-luminaire communication.

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OSRAM SYLVANIA INC100 ENDICOTT STREET DANVERS MA 01923

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Aggarwal, Anant Waltham, US 47 501
Breuer, Christian Dortmund, DE 76 712
Siessegger, Bernhard Unterschleissheim, DE 82 907

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