Transmission device, reception device, communication system, transmission method, reception method, and communication method
View Patent ↗Provided is a device, which is a transmission device that can improve performance, that includes: a light source; and a transmitter that generates a modulated signal based on an input signal and transmits the modulated signal from the light source as visible light by changing a luminance of the light source in accordance with the modulated signal. The transmitter includes, in the modulated signal, a plurality of items of information related to service set identifiers (SSIDs) of a plurality of mutually different access points in a wireless local area network (LAN), and transmits the modulated signal from the light source.
1. A reception device, comprising:
a light receiver that receives a modulated signal transmitted as visible light from a transmission device;
a data analyzer that outputs analysis information by analyzing data based on the modulated signal; and
a radio unit configured to, based on the analysis information, connect to an access point in a wireless local area network (LAN) using radio waves,
wherein the modulated signal includes a plurality of items of information related to service set identifiers (SSIDs) of a plurality of mutually different access points in the wireless LAN,
the data analyzer:
selects any one of the plurality of items of the information related to the SSIDs of the plurality of mutually different access points included in the modulated signal; and
outputs, as the analysis information, the information related to the SSID selected, and
the radio unit is configured to connect to, using radio waves, the access point corresponding to the information related to the SSID output from the data analyzer, from among the plurality of mutually different access points.
2. The reception device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the modulated signal includes a plurality of frame groups respectively corresponding to the plurality of mutually different access points and each including one or more frames, and
each of the one or more frames included in the plurality of frame groups includes the information related to the SSID of the access point corresponding to the frame group including the frame.
3. The reception device according to claim 2 ,
wherein a time required to receive one of the plurality of frame groups by the light receiver is longer than a time required to image one frame of a moving or still image by the light receiver.
4. The reception device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the modulated signal includes a plurality of frames respectively corresponding to the plurality of mutually different access points,
each of the plurality of frames includes one or more items of the information related to the SSID of the access point corresponding to the frame, and
a time required to receive one of the plurality of frames by the light receiver is longer than a time required to image one frame of a moving or still image by the light receiver.
5. The reception device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the light receiver receives the plurality of frame groups respectively corresponding to the plurality of mutually different access points in random order along a time or frequency axis.
6. The reception device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the light receiver receives the plurality of frame groups respectively corresponding to the plurality of mutually different access points in a regular order along a time or frequency axis.
7. A reception method, comprising:
receiving a modulated signal transmitted as visible light from a transmission device;
outputting analysis information by analyzing data based on the modulated signal; and
based on the analysis information, connecting to an access point in a wireless local area network (LAN) using radio waves,
wherein the modulated signal includes a plurality of items of information related to service set identifiers (SSIDs) of a plurality of mutually different access points in the wireless LAN,
the outputting of analysis information includes:
selecting any one of the plurality of items of the information related to the SSIDs of the plurality of mutually different access points included in the modulated signal; and
outputting, as the analysis information, the item of information related to the SSID selected, and
the connecting to the access point in the wireless LAN includes connecting to, using radio waves, the access point corresponding to the item of information related to the SSID output via the analyzing, from among the plurality of mutually different access points.