IP Library Granted Patent US 9,794,489
Granted Patent B2
US 9,794,489 · App. 15/464,424 · Granted Oct 17, 2017

Information communication method

Inventors: Mitsuaki Oshima (Kyoto, JP); Koji Nakanishi (Kanagawa, JP); Hideki Aoyama (Osaka, JP); Ikuo Fuchigami (Fukuoka, JP); Tsutomu Mukai (Osaka, JP); Hidehiko Shin (Osaka, JP); Yosuke Matsushita (Osaka, JP); Shigehiro Iida (Tokyo, JP); Kazunori Yamada (Aichi, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
H04N5/2352G06Q30/0246G06Q30/0267H04N5/23206H04N5/23293H04N5/3532H04B10/116H04W4/008
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Patent No.
US 9,794,489
App. No.
15/464,424
Granted
Oct 17, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information communication method is provided for obtaining information from a subject using a terminal device that includes an image sensor having a plurality of exposure lines. The method includes setting an exposure time of the image sensor so that, in an image obtained by capturing the subject by the image sensor, a bright line corresponding to each of the plurality of exposure lines included in the image sensor appears according to a change in luminance of the subject. The method also includes obtaining a bright line image including a plurality of bright lines, and obtaining identification information of the subject by demodulating data specified by a pattern of the plurality of bright lines. The method further includes sending (i) the identification information and (ii) language identification information to a server, obtaining a content identified by the identification information from the server, and displaying the translated content.

Claims (21)

1. An information communication method for obtaining information from a subject using a terminal device that includes an image sensor having a plurality of exposure lines, the information communication method comprising:

setting an exposure time of the image sensor so that, in an image obtained by capturing the subject by the image sensor, a bright line corresponding to each of the plurality of exposure lines included in the image sensor appears according to a change in luminance of the subject;

obtaining a bright line image including a plurality of bright lines, by capturing the subject that changes in luminance by the image sensor with the set exposure time;

obtaining identification information of the subject, by demodulating data specified by a pattern of the plurality of bright lines included in the obtained bright line image;

sending (i) the identification information and (ii) language identification information to a server, the language identification information being stored in the terminal device and identifying a language of a user of the terminal device;

obtaining a content identified by the identification information from the server, the content being translated by the language identified by the language identification information in the server; and

displaying the translated content on a display of the terminal device.

2. An information communication device for obtaining information from a subject using a terminal device, the information communication device including a processor and an image sensor having a plurality of exposure lines, the processor executes operations comprising:

setting an exposure time of the image sensor so that, in an image obtained by capturing the subject by the image sensor, a bright line corresponding to each of the plurality of exposure lines included in the image sensor appears according to a change in luminance of the subject;

obtaining a bright line image including a plurality of bright lines, by capturing the subject that changes in luminance by the image sensor with the set exposure time;

obtaining identification information of the subject, by demodulating data specified by a pattern of the plurality of bright lines included in the obtained bright line image;

sending (i) the identification information and (ii) language identification information to a server, the language identification information being stored in the terminal device and identifying a language of a user of the terminal device;

obtaining a content identified by the identification information from the server, the content being translated by the language identified by the language identification information in the server; and

displaying the translated content on a display of the terminal device.

3. A non-transitory recording medium that stores a program for controlling an information communication device for obtaining information from a subject using a terminal device, the information communication device including a processor and an image sensor having a plurality of exposure lines, the program executed by the processor causing the information communication device to execute:

setting an exposure time of the image sensor so that, in an image obtained by capturing the subject by the image sensor, a bright line corresponding to each of the plurality of exposure lines included in the image sensor appears according to a change in luminance of the subject;

obtaining a bright line image including a plurality of bright lines, by capturing the subject that changes in luminance by the image sensor with the set exposure time;

obtaining identification information of the subject, by demodulating data specified by a pattern of the plurality of bright lines included in the obtained bright line image;

sending (i) the identification information and (ii) language identification information to a server, the language identification information being stored in the terminal device and identifying a language of a user of the terminal device;

obtaining a content by the identification information from the server, the content being translated by the language identified by the language identification information in the server; and

displaying the translated content on a display of the terminal device.

Priority Claims (10)
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JP 2013-070740 · Mar 28, 2013 · national
JP 2013-082546 · Apr 10, 2013 · national
JP 2013-110445 · May 24, 2013 · national
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JP 2013-180729 · Aug 30, 2013 · national
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