IP Library Patent Application 18562439
Patent Application
App. No. 18/562,439

DECISION DEVICE, DECISION METHOD, MOBILE TERMINAL, CONTROL METHOD, LOCATION NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, AND LOCATION NOTIFICATION METHOD

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18/562,439
Abstract

One aspect of the present invention is a decision device including: a position information acquisition unit that acquires position information indicating a position where the lighting device is installable and an irradiation target region that is irradiated with light in a case where the lighting device is installed at the position; an adjacency information acquisition unit that acquires adjacency information indicating an adjacency relationship of the irradiation target region on the basis of the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit; and a decision unit that decides the installation position of the lighting device on the basis of the adjacency information acquired by the adjacency information acquisition unit such that non-irradiation target regions are not adjacent to each other, the non-irradiation target regions being not irradiated with light whose output mode changes due to non-installation of the lighting devices.

Claims (20)

1 . A decision device that decides an installation position of a lighting device having a transmission function of transmitting information by changing an output mode of light, the decision device comprising:

a position information acquisition unit, including one or more processors, configured to acquire position information indicating a position where the lighting device is installable and an irradiation target region that is irradiated with light in a case where the lighting device is installed at the position;

an adjacency information acquisition unit, including one or more processors, configured to acquire adjacency information indicating an adjacency relationship of the irradiation target region on the basis of the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit; and

a decision unit, including one or more processors, configured to decide the installation position of the lighting device on the basis of the adjacency information acquired by the adjacency information acquisition unit such that non-irradiation target regions are not adjacent to each other, the non-irradiation target regions being not irradiated with light whose output mode changes due to non-installation of the lighting devices.

2 . The decision device according to claim 1 , wherein

the decision unit is configured to decide the installation position of the lighting device such that the number of the non-irradiation target regions is largest.

3 . The decision device according to claim 1 , wherein

conformity information indicating whether or not each installation position is suitable for installation of the lighting device is provided, and the decision unit is configured to decide the installation position of the lighting device on the basis of the adjacency information and the conformity information such that the non-irradiation target regions obtained by not installing the lighting devices are not adjacent to each other.

4 . A decision method of deciding an installation position of a lighting device having a transmission function of transmitting information by changing an output mode of light, the decision method comprising:

acquiring position information indicating a position where the lighting device is installable and an irradiation target region that is irradiated with light in a case where the lighting device is installed at the position;

acquiring adjacency information indicating an adjacency relationship of the irradiation target region on the basis of the acquired position information; and

deciding the installation position of the lighting device on the basis of the acquired adjacency information such that non-irradiation target regions are not adjacent to each other, the non-irradiation target regions being not irradiated with light whose output mode changes due to non-installation of the lighting devices.

5 . A mobile terminal comprising:

a detection unit, including one or more processors, configured to detect a moving direction of the mobile terminal;

a determination unit, including one or more processors, configured to determine whether or not position specification information transmitted from a lighting device by changing an output mode of light is acquirable; and

a moving direction acquisition unit, including one or more processors, configured to acquire the moving direction detected by the detection unit in a case where the determination unit determines that the position specification information is not acquirable; and

a position derivation unit, including one or more processors, configured to derive a position of the mobile terminal on the basis of the position specification information acquired before the determination unit determines that the position specification information is not acquirable and the moving direction acquired by the moving direction acquisition unit.

6 . (canceled)

7 . (canceled)

8 . (canceled)

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 14, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 072460/0605 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 14, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 073460/0980 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 4, 2023
From: SHIBATA, NAOTAKA; IMAI, TAKESHI; IGARASHI, RYO; HARA, KAZUTAKA
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065751/0249 →