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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2003
Akira Shinada, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Matsumura, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Shinada, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Matsumura, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to vehicle communication equipment capable of transferring information using light without adding new light emitting means, and further, between a stationary apparatus and a vehicle or between vehicles. A light emitted from a signal lamp () of a stationarily installed traffic signal () or a head lamp () or a tail lamp () of a vehicle () is superimposed with a signal by a modulator (), the modulated light is received by a light receiving unit () of the vehicle () side, and the received modulated light is demodulated by a decoder () to be displayed on a display panel ().