Display apparatus, light receiving apparatus, communication system, and communication method

• US 7,328,846 B2
• Filed: 06/01/2005
• Issued: 02/12/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Harada, Tsutomu
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee; Michael G.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mai; Thien T
• Application Number:
  US11/142,896
• Publication Number:
  US 20050263598A1
• Time in Patent Office: 986 Days
• Field of Search: 235/462.01, 235/459, 235/456, 235/462.09, 235/472.01, 382/386, 345/102, 345/81, 345/82, 345/87
• US Class Current: 235/459
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10712 Fixed beam scanning
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1095 the scanner comprising adaptations for scanning a record carrier that is displayed on a display-screen or the like
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/0809 Several active elements per pixel in active matrix panels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2360/142 the light being detected by light detection means within each pixel

Abstract

A communication method performed between a display apparatus having a display screen capable of displaying moving pictures and a light receiving apparatus having a light receiving means capable of receiving light by using a two-dimensional dynamic code which is a two-dimensional code changing along the time axis, includes the steps of: configuring the two-dimensional dynamic code so as to include a plurality of symbols, the symbols including a data symbol which is a two-dimensional code expressed with a format for data transmission, and an anchor symbol which is a two-dimensional code expressed with a format for anchor transmission; and displaying the data symbol on the display screen in the display apparatus, along the time axis, while displaying the anchor symbol on the display screen every time the data symbol is displayed once or a plurality of times.

Claims

1. A communication method performed between a display apparatus having a display screen capable of displaying moving pictures and a light receiving apparatus having a light receiving means capable of receiving light by using a two-dimensional dynamic code which is a two-dimensional code changing along a time axis, the communication method comprising the steps of:

configuring the two-dimensional dynamic code so as to include a plurality of symbols, the symbols including a data symbol which is a two-dimensional code expressed with a format for data transmission, and an anchor symbol which is a two-dimensional code expressed with a format for anchor transmission; and

displaying the data symbol on the display screen in the display apparatus, along the time axis, while displaying the anchor symbol on the display screen every time the data symbol is displayed once or a plurality of times, wherein;

the two-dimensional dynamic code further includes a synchronous symbol which is a two-dimensional code expressed with a format for synchronization and a header symbol which is a two-dimensional code expressed with a format for header;

in the display apparatus, before the data symbol and the anchor symbol are displayed, the synchronous symbol and the header symbol are displayed on the display screen; and

in the light receiving apparatus, before the data symbol and the anchor symbol are read, the synchronous symbol and the header symbol are read by the light receiving means.

2. A communication method according to claim 1, wherein in the light receiving apparatus, at least one of a start point of communication by the two-dimensional dynamic code and the light receiving position in the light receiving means is specified based on the synchronous symbol read by the light receiving means.

3. A communication method according to claim 1, wherein in the light receiving apparatus, the total number of anchor symbols subsequently displayed in the display apparatus is specified based on the header symbol read by the light receiving means.

4. A communication method according to claim 3, wherein in the light receiving apparatus, a data type of the data symbol is further specified based on the header symbol read by the light receiving means.

5. A display apparatus performing communication with a light receiving apparatus by using a two-dimensional dynamic code which is a two-dimensional code changing along a time axis, the display apparatus comprising:

a display screen capable of displaying video;

a generation means for generating the two-dimensional dynamic code including a plurality of symbols, the symbols including a data symbol which is a two-dimensional code expressed with a format for data transmission to the light receiving apparatus, and an anchor symbol which is a two-dimensional code expressed with a format for anchor transmission; and

a display control means for sequentially displaying the data symbols in the two-dimensional dynamic code generated by the generation means along a time axis on the display screen, and for displaying the anchor symbol on the display screen every time the data symbol is displayed once or a plurality of times,

wherein the generation means generates the two-dimensional dynamic code further including a synchronous symbol which is a two-dimensional code expressed with a format for synchronization, and a header symbol which is a two-dimensional code expressed with a format for header, and

the display control means displays the synchronous symbol and the header symbol before displaying the data symbol and the anchor symbol.

6. A light receiving apparatus performing communication with a display apparatus having a display screen by using a two-dimensional dynamic code which is a two-dimensional code changing along a time axis, the light receiving apparatus comprising:

a light receiving means for reading the two-dimensional dynamic code including a plurality of symbols from a display screen of the display apparatus, the symbols including a data symbol which is a two-dimensional code expressed with a format for data transmission, and an anchor symbol which is a two-dimensional code expressed with a format for anchor transmission; and

a specifying means for detecting the anchor symbol from the two-dimensional dynamic code read by the light receiving means, and specifying a light receiving position in the light receiving means based on the detected anchor symbol,

wherein in the display apparatus, when the synchronous symbol which is the two-dimensional code expressed with the format for synchronization, and the header symbol which is the two-dimensional code expressed with the format for header are displayed before the data symbol and the anchor symbol are displayed, the light receiving means reads the synchronous symbol and the header symbol before reading the data symbol and the anchor symbol.

7. A light receiving apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the specifying means specifies at least one of a start point of the communication by the two-dimensional dynamic code and the light receiving position in the light receiving means based on the read synchronous symbol.

8. A light receiving apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the specifying means specifies the total number of anchor symbols subsequently displayed in the display apparatus based on the read header symbol.

9. A light receiving apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the specifying means further specifies a data type of the data symbol based on the read header symbol.