IP Library Granted Patent US 9,791,727
Granted Patent B2
US 9,791,727 · App. 15/157,598 · Granted Oct 17, 2017

Transmitter, transmitting method, and receiving method

Inventors: Hideki Aoyama (Osaka, JP); Mitsuaki Oshima (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
G02F1/13306G02F1/135G02F1/1336G02F1/133504G02F1/133524G02F1/133528G02F1/133553H04B10/116G02F2001/1351G02F2001/1352G02F2001/133342G02F2001/133531G02F2001/133626
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Patent No.
US 9,791,727
App. No.
15/157,598
Granted
Oct 17, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A transmitter includes a controller, configured to generate a control voltage corresponding to a pattern of the change in an amount of light emitted wherein the pattern in which one of a plurality of amounts of light emitted occurs indicates a signal to be transmitted, and a reflector that reflects sunlight. The transmitter also includes a liquid crystal board that receives reflected light that is sunlight reflected by the reflector and transmits the signal to a receiver by changing the amount of light emitted toward the receiver according to the control voltage. The liquid crystal board changes the reflected light passing through rate to a high passing through rate when one of the plurality of the amounts of light emitted occurs, and changes the reflected light passing through rate to a low passing through rate when another one of the plurality of amounts of light emitted occurs.

Claims (32)

1. A transmitter, comprising:

a controller configured to generate a control voltage corresponding to a pattern of a change in an amount of light emitted, wherein the pattern in which one of a plurality of amounts of light emitted occurs indicates a signal to be transmitted;

a reflector that reflects sunlight; and

a liquid crystal board that receives reflected light that is sunlight reflected by the reflector and transmits the signal to a receiver by changing the amount of light emitted toward the receiver according to the control voltage,

wherein, the liquid crystal board changes the reflected light passing through rate to a high passing through rate when one of the plurality of the amounts of light emitted occurs, and changes the reflected light passing through rate to a low passing through rate when another one of the plurality of amounts of light emitted occurs.

2. The transmitter according to claim 1 ,

wherein the controller is a processor, and

the processor executes operations including generating the control voltage corresponding to the pattern of the change in the amount of light emitted.

3. The transmitter according to claim 1 ,

wherein the controller is circuitry, and

the circuitry executes operations including generating the control voltage corresponding to the pattern of the change in the amount of light emitted.

4. A transmitting method, comprising:

generating a control voltage corresponding to a pattern of the change in an amount of light emitted, wherein the pattern in which one of a plurality of amounts of light emitted occurs indicates a signal to be transmitted; and

receiving, through a liquid crystal board, reflected light that is sunlight reflected by a reflector, and transmitting the signal to a receiver by changing the pattern according to the control voltage to be applied to the liquid crystal board,

wherein the liquid crystal board changes the reflected light passing through rate to a high passing through rate when one of the plurality of amounts of light emitted occurs, and changes the reflected light passing through rate to a low passing through rate when another one of the plurality of amounts of light emitted occurs.

5. A non-transitory recording medium having a computer program stored thereon, the computer program causing a processor to execute operations according to claim 4 .

6. A transmitter, comprising:

a controller configured to generate a control voltage corresponding to a pattern of the change in an amount of light emitted, wherein the pattern in which each one of a plurality of amounts of light emitted occurs indicates a signal to be transmitted; and

a liquid crystal board that receives sunlight and transmits the signal to a receiver by changing the amount of light emitted toward the receiver according to the control voltage,

wherein the sunlight passes through the liquid crystal board, and the liquid crystal board changes the sunlight passing through rate to a high passing through rate when one of the plurality of amounts of light emitted occurs, and changes the sunlight passing through rate to a low passing through rate when another one of the plurality of amounts of light emitted occurs.

7. The transmitter according to claim 6 ,

wherein the controller is a processor, and

the processor executes operations including generating the control voltage corresponding to the pattern of the change in the amount of light emitted.

8. The transmitter according to claim 6 ,

wherein the controller is circuitry, and

the circuitry executes operations including generating the control voltage corresponding to the pattern of the change in the amount of light emitted.

9. A transmitting method, comprising:

generating a control voltage corresponding to a pattern of a change in an amount of light emitted, wherein the pattern in which each one of a plurality of amounts of light emitted occurs indicates a signal to be transmitted;

receiving, through a liquid crystal board, sunlight; and

transmitting a signal to a receiver by changing the amount of light emitted according to the control voltage,

wherein the sunlight passes through the liquid crystal board, and the liquid crystal board changes the sunlight passing through rate to a high passing through rate when one of the plurality of amounts of light emitted occurs, and changes the sunlight passing through rate to a low passing through rate when another one of the plurality of amounts of light emitted occurs.

10. A non-transitory recording medium having a computer program stored thereon, the computer program causing a processor to execute operations according to claim 9 .

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-030063 · Feb 19, 2014 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14302679 · Jun 12, 2014
Provisional Application 61941610 · Feb 19, 2014
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