Apparatus for receiving and transmitting optical information

• US 9,698,906 B2
• Filed: 12/21/2012
• Issued: 07/04/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Son, Jae-Seung, Park, Seung-Hoon, Bae, Tae-Han, Won, Eun-Tae
• Primary Examiner(s): Li, Shi K
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ismail, Omar S
• Application Number:
  US14/368,194
• Publication Number:
  US 20150030335A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,656 Days
• Field of Search: 398118
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/116 Visible light communication

Abstract

An apparatus for transmitting information using a visible light includes at least three light emitting devices, each being installed based on a predetermined interval and direction, and a data transmitting unit to transmit data by controlling the at least three light emitting devices.

Claims

1. An optical information transmitting apparatus for transmitting information using a visible light, the optical information transmitting apparatus comprising:

at least three light emitting devices in the optical information transmitting apparatus, each light emitting device being installed based on a predetermined interval and direction; and

a data transmitting unit configured to control the at least three light emitting devices to transmit data including

distance information associated with a neighboring light emitting device of each of the at least three light emitting devices included in a PHY header of a data frame.

2. The optical information transmitting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data transmitting unit is configured to control the at least three light emitting devices so as to transmit an identifier assigned to each of the at least three light emitting devices.

3. The optical information transmitting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data transmitting unit is configured to set the at least three light emitting devices as a single group, and control one light emitting device located at a predetermined location from among the at least three light emitting devices to transmit a group ID.

4. The optical information transmitting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data frame further comprises:

the PHY header including an identifier assigned to each of the at least three light emitting devices; and

a PHY payload including data to be transmitted.

5. The optical information transmitting apparatus of claim 4, wherein the data transmitting unit is configured to set the at least three light emitting device as a single group, and control one light emitting device located at a predetermined location from among the at least three light emitting devices so as to transmit a group ID.

6. An optical information receiving apparatus for receiving information using a visible light, the apparatus comprising:

a light receiving device configured to receive visible light information from at least three light emitting devices in an optical information transmitting apparatus, each light emitting device being installed based on a predetermined interval and direction; and

a data receiving unit configured to detect distance information associated with a neighboring light emitting device of each of the at least three light emitting devices included in a PHY header of a data frame received through the light receiving device, and provide the detected distance information.

7. The optical information receiving apparatus of claim 6, wherein the data receiving unit is configured to detect and provide a light emitting device identifier assigned to each of the at least three light emitting devices from the data frame.

8. The optical information receiving apparatus of claim 6, further comprising:

a data processing unit is configured to;

receive a light emitting device identifier and distance information;

determine a shift and a rotation of the optical receiving apparatus, based on a distance relationship and a positional relationship of the at least three light emitting devices; and

provide data by reflecting the shift and the rotation of the optical information receiving apparatus.

9. The optical information receiving apparatus of claim 6, wherein the data receiving unit is configured to detect and provide a group ID transmitted from one light emitting device located at a predetermined location from among the at least three light emitting devices.

10. The optical information receiving apparatus of claim 6, wherein the data receiving unit is further configured to:

detect the PHY header and a PHY payload based on a predetermined data frame structure;

detect, from the PHY header, an identifier assigned to each of the at least three light emitting devices, and

detect from the PHY payload, data that an optical information transmitting apparatus desires to transmit.

11. The optical information receiving apparatus of claim 6, wherein the light receiving device is configured to correspond to an imaging device included in a camera.

12. The optical information receiving apparatus of claim 8, further comprising:

a camera; and

a display configured to display data input through the data processing unit.

13. The optical information receiving apparatus of claim 12, wherein the display is configured to simultaneously display an image input through the camera and data input through the data processing unit.