Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Information communication method
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Application No.: US16394913Application Date: 2019-04-25
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Publication No.: US10455161B2Publication Date: 2019-10-22
- Inventor: Mitsuaki Oshima , Koji Nakanishi , Hideki Aoyama , Ikuo Fuchigami , Hidehiko Shin , Tsutomu Mukai , Yosuke Matsushita , Shigehiro Iida , Kazunori Yamada
- Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
- Applicant Address: US CA Torrance
- Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
- Current Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Torrance
- Agency: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2012-286339 20121227; JP2013-070740 20130328; JP2013-082546 20130410; JP2013-110445 20130524; JP2013-158359 20130730; JP2013-180729 20130830; JP2013-222827 20131025; JP2013-224805 20131029; JP2013-237460 20131115
- Main IPC: H04B10/00
- IPC: H04B10/00 ; H04N5/235 ; H04B10/116 ; H04B10/516 ; H04J14/00

Abstract:
A method includes setting an exposure time of an image sensor included in a terminal device so that a bright line corresponding to each of a plurality of exposure lines included in the image sensor appears according to a change in luminance of each of the plurality of subjects. The method also includes obtaining a bright line image including a plurality of bright lines corresponding to each of the plurality of subjects, and obtaining a plurality of identification information from the plurality of subjects. The method further includes specifying locations of the plurality of subjects, determining directions of arrival of lights from the plurality of subjects, calculating distances between the terminal device and each of the plurality of subjects using each of the directions of the arrival of lights, and calculating a location of the terminal device using the locations of the plurality of the subjects and the distances.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190253600A1 INFORMATION COMMUNICATION METHOD Public/Granted day:2019-08-15
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