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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2015
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuyuki Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Masayuki Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a transmission device and a transmission method, a reception device and a reception method, and a program that enable acquisition of accurate location information in an indoor environment. A reception device includes: an intra-body communication reception unit that receives location identification information from another device by a communication method using the human body as the communication medium, the location identification information being for identifying the location of the reception device; a location recognition unit that recognizes the current location of the reception device in accordance with the received location identification information; and a storage unit that stores the recognized current location. The present disclosure can be applied to transmission/reception devices and the like that perform communication by a communication method using the human body as the communication medium.