Editing Laser guidance (section)

== Commercial systems ==

[[Samsung|Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.]] may have been using this technology in robotic vacuum cleaners since 2014.<ref name=gadgetify2014>
{{cite web 
|title=Samsung's Robotic Vacuum Cleaner Chases Laser Pointer
|url=http://www.gadgetify.com/samsungs-robotic-vacuum-cleaner
|date=7 August 2014
|access-date=3 May 2015}} 
</ref>  

[[Google|Google Inc.]] applied for a patent with USPTO on using visual light or laser beam between devices to represent connections and interactions between them (Appl. No. 13/659,493, Pub. No. 2014/0363168).<ref name=patentlymobile2014>
{{cite web 
|last1=Purcher |first1=Jack
|title=Google Invents a Smartphone that Could Transfer Data to a Large Smart Wall or Display using a built-in Laser Beam
|url=http://www.patentlymobile.com/2014/12/google-invents-a-smartphone-that-could-transfer-data-to-a-large-smart-wall-or-display-using-a-built-in-laser-beam.html
|date=14 December 2014
|access-date=3 May 2015}} 
</ref>
However, no patent was granted to Google on this application.