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Granted Patent B2
US 11,888,518 · App. 18/082,970 · Granted Jan 30, 2024

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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Patent No.
US 11,888,518
App. No.
18/082,970
Granted
Jan 30, 2024
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 terminal, comprising:

a light communication device that receives a light signal transmitted from a first transmission device from among a plurality of transmission devices, an intensity of the light signal being modulated by transmission data including access information for image data captured by a camera corresponding to the first transmission device; and

a wireless communication device that receives the image data based on the access information.

2. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein

the access information indicates a location of the image data stored at a server.

3. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein

the access information indicates an identifier of an access point connectable via the wireless communication device.

4. The terminal according to claim 1 , further comprising a user interface that provides a selection of one light signal from among light signals transmitted from the transmission devices.

5. A method performed by a terminal including a light communication device and a wireless communication device, the method comprising:

receiving, by the light communication device, a light signal transmitted from a first transmission device from among a plurality of transmission devices, an intensity of the light signal being modulated by transmission data including access information for image data captured by a camera corresponding to the first transmission device; and

receiving, by the wireless communication device, the image data based on the access information.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein

the access information indicates a location of the image data stored at a server.

7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein

the access information indicates an identifier of an access point connectable via the wireless communication device.

8. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the terminal further includes a user interface that provides a selection of one light signal from among light signals transmitted from the transmission devices.

Continuity (6)
Continuation 17523420 · Nov 10, 2021
Continuation 16744766 · Jan 16, 2020
Continuation PCTJP2018026258 · Jul 12, 2018
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