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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2017
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Ji-Hun Jeon, Daejeon, KR;
Myung-Soon Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Sang-Kyu Lim, Daejeon, KR;
Tae-Gyu Kang, Daejeon, KR;
Jong-Hyun Park, Seongnam-si, KR;
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed herein are a method for recognizing a table for an electronic menu system based on visible light and an apparatus for the same. The method includes receiving, by a visible light receiver connected to a smart device provided to a customer in a restaurant, multiple visible light signals from multiple lamps installed in the restaurant; detecting at least one valid signal from the multiple visible light signals in consideration of the multiple visible light signals and sensor data collected from a sensor installed in the smart device; and recognizing a table at which the customer is sitting using table information included in the at least one valid signal.