IP Library Granted Patent US 10,334,177
Granted Patent B2
US 10,334,177 · App. 16/239,133 · Granted Jun 25, 2019

Information communication apparatus, method, and recording medium using switchable normal mode and visible light communication mode

Inventors: Mitsuaki Oshima (Kyoto, JP); Koji Nakanishi (Kanagawa, 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 (Aichi, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
H04N5/2353H04B10/11H04B10/116H04B10/1143H04N5/23203H04N5/23245H04N5/3532H04W4/21H04W4/50H04W4/20
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Patent No.
US 10,334,177
App. No.
16/239,133
Granted
Jun 25, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method is provided that includes obtaining a first image by image capture with a first exposure time, and obtaining a second image, including a plurality of bright lines, by capturing a subject changing in luminance with a second exposure. The method also includes obtaining information by demodulating data specified by a pattern of the plurality of bright lines included in the obtained second image, and sending the information to a server. The method further includes obtaining augmented reality information related to the information from the server, and displaying the first image of the display a second time, instead of displaying the second image, when the image sensor receives the first image followed by the second image, wherein the augmented reality information is superposed in both (i) the first image that is displayed at a first time, and (ii) the first image that is displayed at a second time.

Claims (27)

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a display;

a processor; and

a recording medium having a program, the program causing the processor to execute operations including

obtaining a first image by image capture with a first exposure time by starting exposure for a plurality of exposure lines in an image sensor,

obtaining a second image, including a plurality of bright lines, by capturing a subject changing in luminance by the image sensor with a second exposure time by starting exposure for the plurality of exposure lines in the image sensor, the second exposure time being set so that the plurality of bright lines corresponding to the plurality of exposure lines included in the image sensor appear in the second image according to a change in luminance of the subject,

obtaining information by demodulating data specified by a pattern of the plurality of bright lines included in the obtained second image,

sending the information to a server,

obtaining augmented reality information related to the information from the server, and

displaying the first image of the display a second time, instead of displaying the second image, when the image sensor receives the first image followed by the second image,

wherein the augmented reality information is superposed in both (i) the first image that is displayed at a first time, and (ii) the first image that is displayed at a second time.

2. A method, comprising:

obtaining a first image by image capture with a first exposure time by starting exposure for a plurality of exposure lines in an image sensor,

obtaining a second image, including a plurality of bright lines, by capturing a subject changing in luminance by the image sensor with a second exposure time by starting exposure for the plurality of exposure lines in the image sensor, the second exposure time being set so that the plurality of bright lines corresponding to the plurality of exposure lines included in the image sensor appear in the second image according to a change in luminance of the subject,

obtaining information by demodulating data specified by a pattern of the plurality of bright lines included in the obtained second image,

sending the information to a server,

obtaining augmented reality information related to the information from the server, and

displaying the first image of the display a second time, instead of displaying the second image, when the image sensor receives the first image followed by the second image,

wherein the augmented reality information is superposed in both (i) the first image that is displayed at a first time, and (ii) the first image that is displayed at a second time.

3. A non-transitory recording medium having a program, the program causing the processor to execute operations including:

obtaining a first image by image capture with a first exposure time by starting exposure for a plurality of exposure lines in an image sensor,

obtaining a second image including a plurality of bright lines, by capturing a subject changing in luminance by the image sensor with a second exposure time by starting exposure for the plurality of exposure lines in the image sensor, the second exposure time being set so that the plurality of bright lines corresponding to the plurality of exposure lines included in the image sensor appear in the second image according to a change in luminance of the subject,

obtaining information by demodulating data specified by a pattern of the plurality of bright lines included in the obtained second image,

sending the information to a server,

obtaining augmented reality information related to the information from the server, and

displaying the first image of the display a second time, instead of displaying the second image, when the image sensor receives the first image followed by the second image,

wherein the augmented reality information is superposed in both (i) the first image that is displayed at a first time, and (ii) the first image that is displayed at a second time.

Priority Claims (11)
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