IP Library Granted Patent US 11,659,284
Granted Patent B2
US 11,659,284 · App. 17/950,765 · Granted May 23, 2023

Information communication method

Inventors: Mitsuaki Oshima (Kyoto, JP); Koji Nakanishi (Osaka, 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 (Hyogo, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
H04N5/2353H04B10/116H04B10/516
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Patent No.
US 11,659,284
App. No.
17/950,765
Granted
May 23, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A visible light communication method transmits a signal by visible light communication. The visible light communication method includes modulating the signal into a predetermined blinking pattern, and transmitting the signal by causing visible light to blink according to the predetermined blinking pattern, from a projector disposed in an indoor space surrounded by a wall toward the wall. The visible light communication method also includes projecting video from the projector toward the wall, wherein the visible light is reflected by the wall to prevent the signal from being received in an outside of the indoor space, and the signal is used to transmit data related to the video projected to a plurality of terminals in the indoor space.

Claims (30)

1. A visible light communication method for transmitting a signal by visible light communication, the visible light communication method comprising:

modulating the signal into a predetermined blinking pattern;

transmitting the signal by causing visible light to blink according to the predetermined blinking pattern, from a projector disposed in an indoor space surrounded by a wall toward the wall; and

projecting video from the projector toward the wall,

wherein the visible light is reflected by the wall to prevent the signal from being received in an outside of the indoor space, and

the signal is used to transmit data related to the video projected to a plurality of terminals in the indoor space.

2. The visible light transmission method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the signal includes information on a first password used in the indoor space.

3. The visible light transmission method according to claim 2 ,

wherein the first password is a password for connection to a wireless device disposed in the indoor space.

4. The visible light transmission method according to claim 3 ,

wherein the wireless device is included in the projector, and

the first password is transmitted to connect a receiver and the wireless device.

5. The visible light communication method according to claim 4 , further comprising:

receiving video data transmitted from the receiver via the wireless device; and

projecting the video data received.

6. The visible light communication method according to claim 5 ,

wherein the projector receives the video data when the projector receives, from the receiver, a second password different from the first password.

7. The transmission method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the projector is surrounded on four sides by the wall.

8. A non-transitory storage medium that includes a program for controlling a transmission device, which includes a computer that transmits a signal by visible light communication, the program, when executed by the computer, causing the computer in the transmission device to perform:

modulating the signal into a predetermined blinking pattern; and

transmitting the signal by causing visible light to blink according to the predetermined blinking pattern, from the transmission device disposed in an indoor space surrounded by a wall toward the wall,

wherein the visible light is reflected by the wall to transmit the signal only in the indoor space and prevent the signal from being received in an outside of the indoor space.

9. A projector that transmits a signal by visible light communication, the projector comprising:

a modulator configured to modulate the signal into a predetermined blinking pattern;

a signal transmitter configured to transmit, toward a wall, the signal by causing visible light to blink according to the predetermined blinking pattern when the projector is disposed in an indoor space surrounded by the wall; and

a projector configured to project video toward the wall,

wherein the visible light is reflected by the wall to transmit the signal only in the indoor space and prevent the signal from being received in an outside of the indoor space, and

the signal is used to transmit data, which is a same data as the projected video, to a plurality of terminals in the indoor space.

Priority Claims (9)
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