Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America

Nobuhiko Hashida

Yutaka Murakami

Ryutaro Monden

Toshiyasu Sugio

Tadamasa Toma

Yohei Watakabe

A transmission device includes a symbol generator that generates a modulation symbol by mapping transmission data to a signal point arranged in a two-dimensional or three-dimensional color space; and an outputter that outputs an optical signal modulated according to the modulation symbol.

Transmission device, transmission method, reception device, and reception method

A mobile terminal is a communication device that communicates using visible light, and includes: a plurality of light emitters, each of which is disposed along the front surface of the mobile terminal and transmits a visible light signal; and a plurality of light receivers, each of which is disposed along the front surface and receives a visible light signal. The plurality of light emitters are disposed on the left side of all of the plurality of light receivers, and the plurality of first light receivers are disposed on the right side of all of the plurality of light emitters.

Communication device

A communication system includes: a plurality of cameras that generate image data by capturing images; a server that stores the image data generated by each of the plurality of cameras; and a plurality of transmission devices in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of cameras. Each of the plurality of transmission devices transmits light including, as a visible light communication signal, information related to communication for accessing a storage location at which the image data generated by a corresponding one of the plurality of cameras is stored in the server.

Communication system, terminal, control method, and recording medium

A transmission method includes: in a first period, causing a light source to emit light having a first luminance; and in a second period, causing the light source to transmit an optical signal by causing the light source to alternately emit light having a second luminance and light having a third luminance lower than the second luminance.

Transmission method, reception method, transmission device, and reception device

An information transmission method in a client device provided in a mobile object includes: obtaining sensor information that has been obtained by a sensor provided in the mobile object and indicates a surrounding state of the mobile object, and storing the sensor information into a storage; determining whether the mobile object is present in an environment in which the mobile object is capable of transmitting the sensor information to a server; and transmitting the sensor information to the server when the mobile object is determined to be present in the environment in which the mobile object is capable of transmitting the sensor information to the server.

Information transmission method and client device

A transmitting apparatus includes: a frame configuration unit that configures a frame conforming to orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) and including a plurality of time-frequency resources, each being a resource defined by time and frequency; and a transmitter that transmits the frame configured by the frame configuration unit over radio waves. The frame configuration unit configures, as the frame, a frame including a resource for communication and a resource for sensing, the resource for communication being a time-frequency resource in which a symbol including communication data is disposed, and the resource for sensing being a time-frequency resource in which a symbol for sensing via radio waves transmitted by the transmitter is disposed.

Transmitting apparatus, control system, and transmitting method

A reception device includes: an image sensor that captures an image, and a reception unit configured to sample a plurality of pixels included in each of N (N being an integer greater than or equal to two) regions included in an imaging surface of the image sensor to receive, in parallel, N mutually different optical signals transmitted from a plurality of light sources.

Reception device and reception method

A communication system includes an outdoor gateway and an indoor gateway. The outdoor gateway includes: a communication IF that connects to an outdoor network; and a communication IF that communicates wirelessly. The indoor gateway includes: a communication IF that connects to an indoor network; and a communication IF that connects, via wireless communication, to the communication IF included in the outdoor gateway.

Communication apparatus and method in which power is wirelessly received by the communication apparatus from another communication apparatus

A communication system includes one or more chargers and a server capable of communicating with the one or more chargers. The server obtains first information from a first vehicle via a first charger included in the one or more chargers, during charging of the first vehicle by the first charger, and supplies second information based on the first information to a second vehicle via a second charger included in the one or more chargers, during charging of the second vehicle by the second charger.

Communication system and communication method

A communication system includes: a plurality of cameras that generate image data by capturing images; a server that stores the image data generated by each of the plurality of cameras; and a plurality of transmission devices in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of cameras. Each of the plurality of transmission devices transmits light, including, as a visible light communication signal, information related to communication for accessing a storage location at which the image data generated by a corresponding one of the plurality of cameras is stored in the server.

An access point includes a first interface that wirelessly communicates using a first band; a second interface that wirelessly communicates using a second band; and a controller that selects one type of request to send (RTS)/clear to send (CTS) control from among three mutually different types using at least one of the first interface and the second interface, and carries out the selected one type of RTS/CTS control with a terminal.

Access point and communication method

In a repeater device: a communication device receives position information of a forwarding source device and a forwarding destination device using a first communication scheme; based on the position information of the forwarding source device, a moving mechanism moves the repeater device to a position at which it is capable of communicating with the forwarding source device using a second communication scheme; the communication device receives data from the forwarding source device using the second communication scheme; a storage device stores the data; based on the position information of the forwarding destination device received by the communication device, the moving mechanism moves the repeater device to a position at which it is capable of communicating with the forwarding destination device using the second communication scheme, and the communication device transmits the data stored in the storage device to the forwarding destination device using the second communication scheme.

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Nobuhiko Hashida