Visible light communication method, identification signal, and receiver

• US 9,742,494 B2
• Filed: 01/27/2016
• Issued: 08/22/2017
• 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
• Primary Examiner(s): Bello, Agustin
• Application Number:
  US15/007,689
• Publication Number:
  US 20160142140A1
• Time in Patent Office: 573 Days
• Field of Search: 398172, 398118
• 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:

sending a user attribute, by a receiver, to the first server, the user attribute being pre-stored in the receiver;

obtaining a first information, by the receiver, from the first server, the first information corresponding to the user attribute;

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

sending the first information and the second information, by the receiver, to the second server; and

obtaining, by the receiver, information from a second server using the first information and the second information.

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

wherein the user attribute is membership information related to an institute.

5. The visible light communication method according to claim 4,

wherein the membership information is member rank in the institute.

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

wherein the first information is obtained by referring to a data table that has a plurality of the first information and a plurality of user attributes, each of the plurality of the first information corresponding to each of the plurality of user attributes.

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

wherein the first server and the second server are the same.

2. A visible light communication apparatus, comprising:

a processor; and

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

sending a user attribute, by a receiver, to the first server, the user attribute being pre-stored in the receiver;

obtaining a first information, by the receiver, from the first server, the first information corresponding to the user attribute;

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

sending the first information and the second information, by the receiver, to the second server; and

obtaining, by the receiver, information from a second server using the first information and the second information.

3. 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:

sending a user attribute, by a receiver, to the first server, the user attribute being pre-stored in the receiver;

obtaining a first information, by the receiver, from the first server, the first information corresponding to the user attribute;

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

sending the first information and the second information, by the receiver, to the second server; and

obtaining, by the receiver, information from a second server using the first information and the second information.