VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION METHOD, IDENTIFICATION SIGNAL, AND RECEIVER

• US 20160142140A1
• Filed: 01/27/2016
• Published: 05/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: OSHIMA, Mitsuaki, NAKANISHI, Koji, AOYAMA, Hideki, IIDA, Shigehiro
• Granted Patent: US 9,742,494 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/116 Visible light communication

Abstract

A visible light communication method is provided that includes obtaining a first ID indicating a default interpolation ID previously stored in a receiver. The method also includes obtaining a second ID, by the receiver, through visible light communication with a light source, and generating a third ID, by the receiver, by combining the first ID and the second ID. The method further includes obtaining, by the receiver, information from a server using the third ID, which is a combination of the first ID and the second ID.

Claims

1. A visible light communication method, comprising:

obtaining a first ID indicating a default interpolation ID previously stored in a receiver;

obtaining a second ID, by the receiver, through visible light communication with a light source;

generating a third ID, by the receiver, by combining the first ID and the second ID; and

obtaining, by the receiver, information from a server using the third ID, which is a combination of the first ID and the second ID.

2. The visible light communication method according to claim 1,

wherein, in the obtaining of the first ID, the first ID is obtained when a user attribute is not previously stored in the receiver.

3. A visible light communication apparatus, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory having thereon a program, the program causes the processor to execute operations including;

obtaining a first ID indicating a default interpolation ID previously stored in a receiver;

obtaining a second ID, by the receiver, through visible light communication with a light source;

generating a third ID, by the receiver, by combining the first ID and the second ID; and

obtaining, by the receiver, information from a server using the third ID, which is a combination of the first ID and the second ID.

4. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing an information communication program for performing visible light communication, the visible light communication program causing a computer to execute:

obtaining a first ID indicating a default interpolation ID previously stored in a receiver;

obtaining a second ID, by the receiver, through visible light communication with a light source;

generating a third ID, by the receiver, by combining the first ID and the second ID; and

obtaining, by the receiver, information from a server using the third ID, which is a combination of the first ID and the second ID.