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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2016
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, Tokyo, 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 method includes receiving an ID list that includes a plurality of sets of identification information, and setting an exposure time of an image sensor so that a bright line corresponding to an exposure line 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 the bright line by the image sensor capturing the subject, and obtaining the information by demodulating data specified by a pattern of the bright line included in the obtained bright line image. The method further includes searching for a channel used to broadcast the content displayed by the subject, by searching the ID list for the obtained information, and obtaining related information associated with the channel from a server.