IP Library Granted Patent US 9,571,191
Granted Patent B2
US 9,571,191 · App. 15/234,135 · Granted Feb 14, 2017

Information communication method

Inventors: Mitsuaki Oshima (Kyoto, JP); Koji Nakanishi (Kanagawa, JP); Hideki Aoyama (Osaka, JP); Ikuo Fuchigami (Fukuoka, JP); Hidehiko Shin (Osaka, JP); Tsutomu Mukai (Osaka, JP); Yosuke Matsushita (Osaka, JP); Shigehiro Iida (Tokyo, JP); Kazunori Yamada (Aichi, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
H04B10/11E05F15/43H04B10/116H04B10/1149H04B10/541E05F2015/435H04M1/7253
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Patent No.
US 9,571,191
App. No.
15/234,135
Granted
Feb 14, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information communication method of transmitting a signal using a change in luminance is provided. The information communication method includes: determining a pattern of the change in luminance, by modulating the signal to be transmitted; and transmitting the signal, by at least one light emitter changing in luminance according to the determined pattern of the change in luminance. In the determining, a first luminance change pattern corresponding to a body, a second luminance change pattern indicating a header for specifying the body, and a third luminance change pattern indicating another header different from the header are determined. In the transmitting, the header, the body and the other header are transmitted by the at least one light emitter changing in luminance according to the first luminance change pattern, the second luminance change pattern, the first luminance change pattern and the first luminance change pattern in the stated order.

Claims (23)

1. An information communication method of transmitting a signal using a change in luminance, the information communication method comprising:

determining a pattern of the change in luminance, by modulating the signal to be transmitted; and

transmitting the signal, by at least one light emitter changing in luminance according to the determined pattern of the change in luminance,

wherein, in the determining, a first luminance change pattern corresponding to a body which is a part of the signal and a second luminance change pattern indicating a header for specifying the body are determined, and

in the transmitting, the header and the body are transmitted by the at least one light emitter changing in luminance according to the first luminance change pattern, the second luminance change pattern, and the first luminance change pattern in the stated order,

wherein in the determining, a third luminance change pattern indicating an other header different from the header is determined, and

in the transmitting, the header, the body, and the other header are transmitted by the at least one light emitter changing in luminance according to the first luminance change pattern, the second luminance change pattern, the first luminance change pattern, and the third luminance change pattern in the stated order.

2. An information communication device that transmits a signal using a change in luminance, the information communication device comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including:

determining a pattern of the change in luminance, by modulating the signal to be transmitted; and

transmitting the signal, by at least one light emitter changing in luminance according to the determined pattern of the change in luminance,

wherein, in the determining, a first luminance change pattern corresponding to a body which is a part of the signal and a second luminance change pattern indicating a header for specifying the body are determined, and

in the transmitting, the header and the body are transmitted by the at least one light emitter changing in luminance according to the first luminance change pattern, the second luminance change pattern, and the first luminance change pattern in the stated order,

wherein in the determining, a third luminance change pattern indicating an other header different from the header is determined, and

in the transmitting, the header, the body, and the other header are transmitted by the at least one light emitter changing in luminance according to the first luminance change pattern, the second luminance change pattern, the first luminance change pattern, and the third luminance change pattern in the stated order.

3. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program for transmitting a signal using a change in luminance, the program, when executed by a computer, causing the computer to perform a process comprising:

determining a pattern of the change in luminance, by modulating the signal to be transmitted; and

transmitting the signal, by at least one light emitter changing in luminance according to the determined pattern of the change in luminance,

wherein, in the determining, a first luminance change pattern corresponding to a body which is a part of the signal and a second luminance change pattern indicating a header for specifying the body are determined, and

in the transmitting, the header and the body are transmitted by the at least one light emitter changing in luminance according to the first luminance change pattern, the second luminance change pattern, and the first luminance change pattern in the stated order,

wherein in the determining, a third luminance change pattern indicating an other header different from the header is determined, and

in the transmitting, the header, the body, and the other header are transmitted by the at least one light emitter changing in luminance according to the first luminance change pattern, the second luminance change pattern, the first luminance change pattern, and the third luminance change pattern in the stated order.

Priority Claims (10)
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Continuity (11)
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