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Granted Patent B2
US 11,575,435 · App. 17/362,017 · Granted Feb 7, 2023

Transmission device, reception device, communication system, transmission method, reception method, and communication method

Inventor: Yutaka Murakami (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
H04B10/116H04W48/08H04W48/16H04W76/11H04W84/12H04B10/1141H04B10/1149H04L63/083H04L63/0823
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,575,435
App. No.
17/362,017
Granted
Feb 7, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a device, which is a transmission device that can improve performance, that includes: a light source; and a transmitter that generates a modulated signal based on an input signal and transmits the modulated signal from the light source as visible light by changing a luminance of the light source in accordance with the modulated signal. The transmitter includes, in the modulated signal, a plurality of items of information related to service set identifiers (SSIDs) of a plurality of mutually different access points in a wireless local area network (LAN), and transmits the modulated signal from the light source.

Claims (14)

1. A receiving method comprising:

receiving, at a terminal, a light signal transmitted from a light transmission device;

demodulating the light signal to obtain first data, the first data including an identifier of a wireless transmission device and a location identifier of the light transmission device;

receiving, at the terminal, a wireless signal from the wireless transmission device; and

demodulating the wireless signal to obtain second data, the second data including map data including the location identifier of the light transmission device,

wherein the receiving and the demodulating of the wireless signal are performed after the receiving and the demodulating of the light signal, based on the identifier of the wireless transmission device obtained by receiving and demodulating the light signal.

2. A receiving apparatus comprising:

a light signal receiver that, in operation:

receives a light signal transmitted from a light transmission device; and

demodulates the light signal to obtain first data, the first data including an identifier of a wireless transmission device and a location identifier of the light transmission device; and

a wireless communication device that, in operation:

receives a wireless signal from the wireless transmission device; and

demodulates the wireless signal to obtain second data, the second data including map data including the location identifier of the light transmission device,

wherein the receiving and the demodulating of the wireless signal are performed after the receiving and the demodulating of the light signal, based on the identifier of the wireless transmission device obtained by receiving and demodulating the light signal.

Continuity (6)
Continuation 16916672 · Jun 30, 2020
Division 16380458 · Apr 10, 2019
Continuation PCTJP2017036597 · Oct 10, 2017
Provisional Application 62411035 · Oct 21, 2016
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