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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2021
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Mitsuaki Oshima, Kyoto, JP;
Koji Nakanishi, Osaka, JP;
Hideki Aoyama, Osaka, JP;
Ikuo Fuchigami, Fukuoka, JP;
Hidehiko Shin, Osaka, JP;
Tsutomu Mukai, Osaka, JP;
Yosuke Matsushita, Osaka, JP;
Shigehiro Iida, Tokyo, JP;
Kazunori Yamada, Aichi, JP;
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
A method includes setting an exposure time of an image sensor included in a terminal device so that, in an image obtained by capturing a subject by the image sensor, a bright line corresponding to each of a plurality of exposure lines included in the image sensor appears according to a change in luminance of the subject. The method also includes obtaining a bright line image including a plurality of bright lines, by capturing the subject that changes in luminance by the image sensor with the set exposure time. The method further includes estimating a plurality of center areas each of which is in each of the plurality of bright lines, and obtaining identification information of the subject, by demodulating data specified by a pattern of the plurality of center areas.