Composite reception/emission apparatus
A composite reception and emission apparatus comprises: a plurality of first-type devices that receives or emits energy; a plurality of second-type devices whose type is different from a type of the first-type devices; and a base body. The first-type devices and the second-type devices measure a full solid angle, and are arranged on the base body such that a device closest to each of the first-type devices in an orientation space is at least one of the second-type devices, and a device closest to each of the second-type devices in the orientation space is at least one of the first-type devices.
1 . A composite reception and emission apparatus, comprising:
a first-type device that receives or emits energy;
a second-type device that receives or emits energy, whose type is different from a type of the first-type device; and
a base body on which the first-type device and the second-type device are mounted, and the first-type device and the second-type device being arranged on the base body so as to satisfy all three constraint conditions below:
Constraint condition 1: At least one of the first-type device and the second-type device is multiple-equipped;
Constraint condition 2: The at least one multiple-equipped device measures information by reception or emission of energy, and the composite reception and emission apparatus synthesizes the information; and
Constraint condition 3: The first-type device and the second-type device are arranged to be closest to each other in an orientation space.
2 . The composite reception and emission apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
an orientation defining polyhedron is defined,
the orientation defining polyhedron has a shape including a first symmetry with one point in the orientation defining polyhedron as a reference point, and a second symmetry different from the first symmetry,
the first-type device is arranged in an orientation satisfying the first symmetry included in the orientation defining polyhedron, and
the second-type device is arranged in an orientation satisfying the second symmetry included in the orientation defining polyhedron.
3 . The composite reception and emission apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the orientation defining polyhedron is a regular polyhedron, a semi-regular polyhedron, or a Catalan solid.
4 . The composite reception and emission apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
each of the first symmetry and the second symmetry is one of an orientation group directed from the reference point toward a face center or a center of gravity of the orientation defining polyhedron, an orientation group directed from the reference point toward an edge center orientation of the base body, or an orientation group directed from the reference point toward a vertex orientation of the base body.
5 . The composite reception and emission apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the first-type device is a reception device and the second-type device is an emission device, or the first-type device is the emission device and the second-type device is the reception device, and
the first-type device and the second-type device are arranged on the base body in an orientation and a position on which the reception device does not directly receive the energy emitted from the emission device.
6 . The composite reception and emission apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the base body is a portable information terminal.
7 . The composite reception and emission apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a processor configured to synthesize the information measured by the first-type device, and synthesize the information measured by the second-type device.
8 . The composite reception and emission apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein either the first-type device or the second-type device is and imaging device, and the other is a ranging sensor.
9 . The composite reception and emission apparatus according to claim 8 , further comprising a processor configured to perform synthesize by using imaging data measured by the imaging device and ranging data measured by the ranging sensor so as to display image information.
10 . The composite reception and emission apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein
the processor is further configured to, when synthesizing the ranging data as ranging information, extract, for each measurement range of the ranging sensor, the ranging data obtained from orientation angles measured with high accuracy, and synthesize the ranging data as extracted.