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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2016
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Mitsuaki Oshima, Kyoto, JP;
Koji Nakanishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideki Aoyama, Osaka, JP;
Ikuo Fuchigami, Fukuoka, JP;
Tsutomu Mukai, Osaka, JP;
Hidehiko Shin, Osaka, JP;
Yosuke Matsushita, Osaka, JP;
Shigehiro Iida, Tokyo, JP;
Kazunori Yamada, Aichi, JP;
Toshiyuki Maeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihiro Ueki, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Suzuki, Osaka, JP;
Akira Shiokawa, Osaka, JP;
Koji Aoto, Hyogo, JP;
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is provided that includes a display, an image sensor having a plurality of exposure lines, a processor, and a memory storing a computer program, which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform operations. The operations include displaying a first assist image on the display, and executing a visible light communication mode. In the visible light communication mode, the operations include (i) setting a second exposure time of the image sensor so that, in an image obtained by capturing a subject by the image sensor, a plurality of bright lines corresponding to the plurality of exposure lines included in the image sensor appear according to a change in luminance of the subject, (ii) obtaining a bright line image including the plurality of bright lines, and (iii) obtaining information by demodulating data specified by a pattern of the plurality of bright lines.