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Granted Patent B2
US 11,201,671 · App. 16/744,766 · Granted Dec 14, 2021

Communication system, terminal, control method, and recording medium

Inventors: Yutaka Murakami (Kanagawa, JP); Nobuhiko Hashida (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
H04B10/116H04B10/85H04N7/22
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,201,671
App. No.
16/744,766
Granted
Dec 14, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication system includes: a plurality of cameras that generate image data by capturing images; a server that stores the image data generated by each of the plurality of cameras; and a plurality of transmission devices in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of cameras. Each of the plurality of transmission devices transmits light including, as a visible light communication signal, information related to communication for accessing a storage location at which the image data generated by a corresponding one of the plurality of cameras is stored in the server.

Claims (16)

1. A communication system, comprising:

a plurality of cameras that generate image data by capturing an image;

a server that stores the image data generated by each of the plurality of cameras; and

a plurality of transmission devices in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of cameras, wherein each of the plurality of transmission devices transmits light including a visible light communication signal whose luminance is temporally modulated in accordance with information related to communication for accessing a storage location at which the image data generated by a corresponding one of the plurality of cameras is stored in the server.

2. The communication system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the information includes address information indicating the storage location at which the image data is stored.

3. The communication system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the information includes an encryption key used in encryption of communication for a terminal to access the storage location at which the image data is stored.

4. The communication system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the information includes an identifier of a base station for wireless communication for a terminal to access the storage location at which the image data is stored.

5. The communication system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the information includes position information indicating a position of a location at which the image was captured.

6. A control method for a communication system including a plurality of cameras, a server, and a plurality of transmission devices in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of cameras, the control method comprising:

generating image data by the plurality of cameras capturing an image;

storing the image data generated by each of the plurality of cameras in the server; and

transmitting, by each of the plurality of transmission devices, light including a visible light communication signal whose luminance is temporally modulated in accordance with information related to communication for accessing a storage location at which the image data generated by a corresponding one of the plurality of cameras is stored in the server.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 18, 2020
From: MURAKAMI, YUTAKA; HASHIDA, NOBUHIKO
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 052158/0606 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation PCTJP2018026258 · Jul 12, 2018
Provisional Application 62539800 · Aug 1, 2017
Provisional Application 62534880 · Jul 20, 2017
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