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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2018
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Hideki Aoyama, Osaka, JP;
Mitsuaki Oshima, Kyoto, JP;
Koji Nakanishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiyuki Maeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihiro Ueki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kengo Miyoshi, Osaka, JP;
Tsutomu Mukai, Osaka, JP;
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
A method includes capturing images with an image sensor while switching the shutter speed of the image sensor between a first speed and a second, higher speed. When a captured subject is a barcode, a barcode image is obtained when the shutter speed is the first speed, and barcode information is obtained by decoding the barcode in the image. When a captured subject is a light source, a bright line image including bright lines corresponding to a plurality of exposure lines included in the image sensor is obtained when the shutter speed is the second speed, and a visible light signal is obtained as visible light information by decoding a pattern of the bright lines in the obtained bright line image. The method also includes displaying an image obtained through capturing performed when the shutter speed is the first speed.