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Granted Patent B2
US 10,422,626 · App. 15/841,919 · Granted Sep 24, 2019

Position measuring apparatus, position measuring method, and non-transitory computer readable recording medium

Inventors: Takahisa Suzuki (Yokohama, JP); Koichiro Yamashita (Hachioji, JP); Koji Kurihara (Kawasaki, JP)
Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
G01B11/002G01B11/02G01S5/16H04B10/114H04B10/1121H04B10/1129H04B10/1149H04W4/029H04W4/38
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Patent No.
US 10,422,626
App. No.
15/841,919
Granted
Sep 24, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A position measuring apparatus instructs a first node to emit light by transmitting a first light emission pattern to the first node, instructs a second node to emit light by transmitting the first light emission pattern to the second node, when light emission following the instructed first light emission pattern is detected, and instructs the second node to emit light by transmitting a second light emission pattern that is different from the first light emission pattern, when light emission following the instructed first light emission pattern is not detected.

Claims (20)

1. A position measuring apparatus comprising:

a memory; and

a processor that executes a process comprising:

first instructing a first node included in a plurality of nodes to emit light by transmitting a first light emission pattern to the first node;

storing information on a position at which the light emission is detected and information on the first node in the memory in a manner mapped to each other, when light emission following the instructed first light emission pattern is detected;

second instructing a second node that is different from the first node to emit light by transmitting the first light emission pattern to the second node, when light emission following the instructed first light emission pattern is detected; and

third instructing the second node to emit light by transmitting a second light emission pattern that is different from the first light emission pattern, when light emission following the instructed first light emission pattern is not detected.

2. The position measuring apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the third instructing instructs the second node to emit light by transmitting the second light emission pattern when light emission following the instructed first light emission pattern is not detected within a predetermined time.

3. The position measuring apparatus according to claim 1 , the process further comprising storing information on the first node and the first light emission pattern in the memory, when light emission following the first light emission pattern instructed to the first node is not detected within a predetermined time, wherein the third instructing transmits the second light emission pattern to the second node, and the second light emission pattern does not match any light emission pattern stored in the memory.

4. The position measuring apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein when the first instructing has instructed the first node to emit light by transmitting the first light emission pattern to the first node and then detects different light emission pattern that is different from the instructed first light emission pattern, the first instructing deletes a light emission pattern which matches the different light emission pattern stored in the memory.

5. A method of position measuring comprising:

first instructing a first node included in a plurality of nodes to emit light by transmitting a first light emission pattern to the first node, using a processor;

storing information on a position at which the light emission is detected and information on the first node in the memory in a manner mapped to each other, when light emission following the instructed first light emission pattern is detected, using the processor;

second instructing a second node that is different from the first node to emit light by transmitting the first light emission pattern to the second node, when light emission following the instructed first light emission pattern is detected, using the processor; and

third instructing the second node to emit light by transmitting a second light emission pattern that is different from the first light emission pattern, when light emission following the instructed first light emission pattern is not detected, using the processor.

6. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having stored therein a program that causes a computer to execute a process comprising:

first instructing a first node included in a plurality of nodes to emit light by transmitting a first light emission pattern to the first node;

storing information on a position at which the light emission is detected and information on the first node in a memory in a manner mapped to each other, when light emission following the instructed first light emission pattern is detected;

second instructing a second node that is different from the first node to emit light by transmitting the first light emission pattern to the second node, when light emission following the instructed first light emission pattern is detected; and

third instructing the second node to emit light by transmitting a second light emission pattern that is different from the first light emission pattern, when light emission following the instructed first light emission pattern is not detected.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 18, 2017
From: SUZUKI, TAKAHISA; YAMASHITA, KOICHIRO; KURIHARA, KOJI
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 044902/0575 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2015068080 · Jun 23, 2015
Related Publication 20180106594A1 · Apr 19, 2018