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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 11, 2015
Applicant:

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Masaaki Ikehara, Osaka, JP;

Shojirou Kido, Osaka, JP;

Yosuke Kondo, Osaka, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/116 (2013.01); H04B 10/114 (2013.01); G01S 1/04 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); G01S 1/70 (2006.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 1/042 (2013.01); G01S 1/70 (2013.01); G01S 5/0263 (2013.01); H04B 10/116 (2013.01); H04B 10/1141 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A lighting apparatus that is used in a positioning system and is locatable in plural number in a limited area is provided. The lighting apparatus for use in the positioning includes a power supplier that supplies power, a lighting unit that is lit by the power supplied by the power supplier, and a beacon transmitter. The beacon transmitter operates by the power supplied by the power supplier, and transmits a beacon that is a signal for positioning. The beacon includes a long-distance beacon transmitted with first transmission power and a short-distance beacon transmitted with a second transmission power less than the first transmission power. The beacon transmitter transmits at least the long-distance beacon intermittently.


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