IP Library Granted Patent US 11,113,486
Granted Patent B1
US 11,113,486 · App. 16/933,003 · Granted Sep 7, 2021

Light emitting apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium

Inventor: Kiyofumi Aikawa (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
G06K7/10712
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Patent No.
US 11,113,486
App. No.
16/933,003
Granted
Sep 7, 2021
Kind
B1
Abstract

A light emitting apparatus includes a light source, and a processor configured to perform control to cause the light source to blink in a blink pattern corresponding to output information including identification information unique to the light emitting apparatus, and configured to, when causing the light source to blink by repeating the blink pattern, change a time interval between the blink patterns.

Claims (20)

1. A light emitting apparatus comprising:

a light source;

a processor configured to

perform control to cause the light source to blink in a blink pattern corresponding to output information including identification information unique to the light emitting apparatus and stored in a memory of the light emitting apparatus, and

when causing the light source to blink by repeating the blink pattern, change a time interval between a first occurrence of the blink pattern and a second occurrence of the blink pattern subsequent to the first occurrence of the blink pattern; and

an acceleration sensor, wherein

the processor is further configured to, when causing the light source to blink by repeating the blink pattern, increase and change the time interval between the first occurrence of the blink pattern and the second occurrence of the blink pattern when the acceleration sensor detects that the light emitting apparatus is stationary, and reduce and make the time interval between the blink patterns constant when the acceleration sensor detects that the light emitting apparatus is moving.

2. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to randomly change the time interval between the first occurrence of the blink pattern and the second occurrence of the blink pattern.

3. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to set the time interval to a time period that is n times a blink time period of the blink pattern and randomly change the n, the n being a positive integer.

4. The light emitting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to, when the acceleration sensor detects that the light emitting apparatus is stationary, make the time interval longer than when the acceleration sensor detects that the light emitting apparatus is moving.

5. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions, which when executed by a processor of a light emitting apparatus, performs the steps of:

performing control to cause a light source included in the light emitting apparatus to blink in a blink pattern corresponding to output information including identification information unique to the light emitting apparatus and stored in a memory of the light emitting apparatus;

when causing the light source to blink by repeating the blink pattern, changing a time interval between a first occurrence of the blink pattern and a second occurrence of the blink pattern subsequent to the first occurrence of the blink pattern; and

when causing the light source to blink by repeating the blink pattern, increase and change the time interval between the first occurrence of the blink pattern and the second occurrence of the blink pattern when an acceleration sensor of the light emitting apparatus detects that the light emitting apparatus is stationary, and reduce and make the time interval between the blink patterns constant when the acceleration sensor detects that the light emitting apparatus is moving.

6. A light emitting apparatus comprising:

a light source;

an acceleration sensor;

means for performing control to cause the light source to blink in a blink pattern corresponding to output information including identification information unique to the light emitting apparatus and stored in a memory of the light emitting apparatus;

means for, when causing the light source to blink by repeating the blink pattern, changing a time interval between a first occurrence of the blink pattern and a second occurrence of the blink pattern subsequent to the first occurrence of the blink pattern; and

means for, when causing the light source to blink by repeating the blink pattern, increasing and changing the time interval between the first occurrence of the blink pattern and the second occurrence of the blink pattern when the acceleration sensor of the light emitting apparatus detects that the light emitting apparatus is stationary, and reducing and making the time interval between the blink patterns constant when the acceleration sensor detects that the light emitting apparatus is moving.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 28, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056078/0098 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE CORRECT ASSIGNEE ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 053250 FRAME: 0439. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Aug 11, 2020
From: AIKAWA, KIYOFUMI
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053464/0202 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 20, 2020
From: AIKAWA, KIYOFUMI
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053250/0439 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-025120 · Feb 18, 2020 · national