HIGH-SPEED OPTICAL COMMUNICATION

• US 20080285979A1
• Filed: 12/05/2007
• Published: 11/20/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: FUJIWARA, Ryuhei, SUZUKI, Shuji
• Application Number:
  US11/950,524
• Publication Number:
  US 20080285979A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 398/140
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/25751 Optical arrangements for CATV or video distribution adaptations of television systems for optical transmission H04N7/22

Abstract

A high-speed optical communication system for transmitting and receiving an optical signal is disclosed. A contents receiver transmits previously given unique identification information by using a light less intensive than the intensity level of a pre-given threshold. When a contents transmitter receives the identification information transmitted from the contents receiver, it transmits contents data to the receiver by using a laser.

Claims

1. An optical communication system comprising:

a contents transmitter for transmitting contents data by using a laser and a contents receiver for receiving the contents data transmitted from said contents transmitter;

wherein said contents receiver transmits previously given unique identification information by using a light less intensive than the intensity level of a pre-given threshold; and

if said contents transmitter receives said identification information transmitted from said contents receiver by using said light, said contents transmitter transmits said contents data to said contents receiver by using said laser.

2. The optical communication system according to claim 1, wherein

said contents transmitter splits said contents data into a pre-given unit of unit data in advance, gives management information to each of the unit data in order to assemble the unit data, transmits the unit data with said management information that has been given, and, each time when it receives a receipt confirmation signal according to the management information given to the transmitted unit data, transmits said unit data according to the management information included in the received receipt confirmation signal in sequence;

and

when said contents receiver receives said unit data, it transmits said receipt confirmation signal including the management information given to the unit data to said contents transmitter by using said light.

3. The optical communication system according to claim 1, wherein

said contents receiver comprises:

a position information transmitting part for transmitting said identification information by using said light; and

a high-speed optical receiving part for receiving the contents data transmitted by using said laser; and

said contents transmitter includes;

a position information receiving part for receiving the identification information transmitted from said contents receiver by using said light; and

a high-speed optical transmitting part for transmitting said contents data to said contents receiver by using said laser.

4. The optical communication system according to claim 3, wherein

said position information receiving part always transmits a light less intensive than the intensity level of a pre-given threshold;

and

when said position information transmitting part receives the light, said position information transmitting part transmits said identification information by using said light.

5. The optical communication system according to claim 3, wherein

said position information transmitting part and said high-speed optical receiving part are arranged on the same plane of said contents receiver, and

said position information receiving part and said high-speed optical transmitting part are arranged on the same plane of said contents transmitter,

wherein the places of said position information transmitting part and said high-speed optical receiving part are mirror symmetrical to the places of said position information receiving part and said high-speed optical transmitting part.

6. The optical communication system according to claim 5, wherein

said position information transmitting parts are arranged in a non-linear line on the same plane of said contents receiver.

7. The optical communication system according to claim 6, wherein

said position information transmitting parts are arranged at places that are point symmetrical to each other centering on said high-speed optical receiving part.

10. The optical communication system according to claim 1, wherein said contents receiver is in the form of a card.

8. An optical communication system comprising a contents transmitter for transmitting contents data by using a laser and a contents receiver for receiving the contents data transmitted from the contents transmitter;

wherein

said contents receiver has a light-reflecting part for reflecting the light, and

said contents transmitter transmits a light less intensive than the intensity level of a pre-given threshold and, when a light reflected by said light-reflecting part is received, transmits said contents data to said contents receiver by using said laser.

11. The optical communication system according to claim 8, wherein said contents receiver is in the form of a card.

9. An optical communication system comprising a contents transmitter for transmitting contents data by using a laser and a contents receiver for receiving the contents data transmitted from the contents transmitter;

wherein

said contents receiver has a marker part on which a preset pattern is displayed; and

said contents transmitter has a photographing part for photographing an image, wherein, if the image taken by said photographing part includes said pattern, transmits said contents data to said contents receiver by using said laser.

12. The optical communication system according to claim 9, wherein said contents receiver is in the form of a card.

13. A contents transmitter for transmitting contents data by using a laser, wherein

when unique identification information, which was transmitted by using a light less intensive than the intensity level of a pre-given threshold and which has been given to a contents receiver, is received from the contents receiver, and wherein when the contents receiver is for receiving the contents data, said contents transmitter transmits said contents data to said contents receiver by using a laser.

14. The contents transmitter according to claim 13, wherein said contents transmitter splits said contents data into pre-given units of unit data in advance, gives management information to each of the unit data in order to assemble the unit data, transmits the unit data with said management information that has been given, and each time when a receipt confirmation signal according to the management information given to the transmitted unit data is received, transmits said unit data in sequence according to the management information included in the received receipt confirmation signal.

15. The contents transmitter according to claim 13, comprising:

a position information receiving part for receiving identification information that is transmitted from said contents receiver by using said light; and

a high-speed optical transmitting part for transmitting said contents data to said contents receiver by using said laser.

16. The contents transmitter according to claim 15, wherein

said position information receiving part always transmits a light less intensive than the intensity level of a pre-given threshold.

17. The contents transmitter according to claim 15, wherein

said position information receiving part and said high-speed optical transmitting part are arranged on the same plane of the contents transmitter, and

the places of said positional information receiving part and said high-speed optical transmitting part are mirror symmetrical to the places of a position information transmitting part of said contents receiver for transmitting said light and to the places of a high-speed optical receiving part of said contents receiver for receiving said laser.

18. The contents transmitter according to claim 17, wherein

said position information receiving parts are arranged on a non-linear line on the same plane of the contents transmitter.

19. The contents transmitter according to claim 18, wherein

said position information receiving parts are arranged at places that are point symmetrical to each other centering on said high-speed optical transmitting part.

20. A contents transmitter for transmitting a light less intensive than the intensity level of a pre-given threshold and, when a reflection of the light is received, transmitting the contents data to the contents receiver by using the laser.

21. A contents transmitter including a photographing part for photographing an image, wherein, if the image taken by said photographing part includes a preset pattern, transmitting contents data to a contents receiver by using said laser.

22. A contents receiver for transmitting previously given unique identification information to a contents transmitter, which transmits contents data by using a laser having light less intensive than the intensity level of a pre-given threshold.

23. The contents receiver according to claim 22, wherein,

if unit data transmitted from said contents transmitter is received, said contents receiver transmits a receipt confirmation signal including management information for assembling the unit data given to the unit data to said contents transmitter by using said light.

24. The contents receiver according to claim 22, comprising:

a position information transmitting part for transmitting said identification information by using said light; and

a high-speed optical receiver for receiving contents data transmitted by using said laser.

25. The contents receiver according to claim 24, wherein

if said position information transmitting part receives a light transmitted from said contents transmitter that is less intensive than the intensity level of a pre-given threshold, said position information transmitting part transmits said identification information by using said light.

26. The contents receiver according to claim 24, wherein

said position information transmitting part and said high-speed optical receiving part are arranged on the same plane of the contents receiver, and

the places of said position information transmitting part and said high-speed optical receiving part are mirror symmetrical to the places of a position information receiving part of said contents transmitter for receiving said light and to the places of a high-speed optical transmitting part of said contents transmitter for transmitting said laser.

27. The contents receiver according to claim 26, wherein

said position information transmitting parts are arranged in a non-linear line on the same plane of the contents receiver.

28. The contents receiver according to claim 27, wherein

said position information transmitting parts are arranged at places that are point symmetrical to each other centering on said high-speed optical receiving part.

29. The contents receiver according to claim 22, wherein

said contents receiver is in the form of a card.

30. A method in an optical communication system comprising a contents transmitter for transmitting contents data by using a laser and a contents receiver for receiving the contents data transmitted from the contents transmitter;

comprising;

said contents receiver transmitting previously given unique identification information by using a light less intensive than the intensity level of a pre-given threshold; and

when said contents transmitter receives said identification information transmitted from said contents receiver by using said light, said contents transmitter transmitting said contents data to said contents receiver by using said laser.

31. The method according to claim 30, comprising:

said contents transmitter splitting said contents data into a pre-given unit of unit data in advance and giving management information to the unit data in order to assemble the unit data;

said contents transmitter transmitting the unit data with said management information that has been given; and

when said contents receiver receives said unit data, said contents receiver transmitting a receipt confirmation signal including the management information given to the unit data to said contents transmitter by using said light; and

each time said contents transmitter receives said receipt confirmation signal according to the management information given to the transmitted unit data, said contents transmitter transmitting said unit data according to the management information included in the received receipt confirmation signal in sequence.

32. The method according to claim 30, comprising:

said contents transmitter always transmitting a light less intensive than the intensity level of a pre-given threshold; and

when said contents receiver receives the light, said contents receiver transmitting said identification information by using said light.

33. A method in an optical communication system comprising a contents transmitter for transmitting contents data by using a laser and a contents receiver for receiving the contents data transmitted from the contents transmitter;

comprising;

said contents transmitter transmitting a light less intensive than the intensity level of a pre-given threshold; and

,

when said contents transmitter receives a light reflected by said contents receiver, said contents transmitter transmitting said contents data to said contents receiver by using said laser.

34. A method in an optical communication system comprising a contents transmitter for transmitting contents data by using a laser and a contents receiver for receiving the contents data transmitted from the contents transmitter;

comprising;

said contents transmitter photographing an image;

said contents transmitter determining whether said photographed image includes a preset pattern or not; and

if it is determined that said photographed image includes said pattern, said contents transmitter transmitting said contents data to said contents receiver by using said laser.