Disney develops LED optical communications for toys and clothing

CnBeta messages, typically, intelligent devices need to communicate via Bluetooth or WiFi networks. The problem is that WiFi networks are not always available, and Bluetooth consumes batteries quickly. These facts allow Disney researchers to find new ways to make devices communicate with each other through LED lights. As you might imagine, Disney researchers first let toys built with LED lights communicate, and LED built photodiodes can not only emit light, but also detect light.

Disney called the technology a visible light communication system, and the products originally introduced include toy cars that can be activated automatically near the light source. Another example is the little girl's clothes, built-in activates flashing LED lights, when there is a bar close to the LED lights on the clothes began to flicker.

However, this technique has many potential uses, such as the LED adapter connected to an intelligent mobile phone or tablet computer, can receive the invisible LED optical signal, which will allow the store to notify the intelligent mobile phone or tablet computer into the message store customers, than the current use of NFC Beam is more efficient.

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