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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2015
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Mitsuaki Oshima, Kyoto, JP;
Koji Nakanishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideki Aoyama, Osaka, JP;
Ikuo Fuchigami, Fukuoka, JP;
Tsutomu Mukai, Osaka, JP;
Hidehiko Shin, Osaka, JP;
Yosuke Matsushita, Osaka, JP;
Shigehiro Iida, Osaka, JP;
Kazunori Yamada, Aichi, JP;
Toshiyuki Maeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihiro Ueki, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Suzuki, Osaka, JP;
Akira Shiokawa, Osaka, JP;
Koji Aoto, Hyogo, JP;
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
An information communication method is provided for obtaining information from a subject. The information communication method includes transmitting position information indicating a position of an image sensor used to capture the subject, and receiving an ID list that is associated with the position indicated by the position information. The information communication method also includes setting an exposure time of the image sensor so that in a bright line corresponding to an exposure line included in the image sensor appears according to a change in luminance of the subject. The information communication method further includes obtaining a bright line image including the bright line, obtaining information by demodulating data specified by a cycle length or frequency of a stripe pattern of the bright line included in the obtained bright line image, and searching the ID list for identification information that includes the obtained information.