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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2015
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Atsuya Yokoi, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroki Mizuno, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/00 (2013.01); H04B 10/116 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/116 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for receiving visible light data, including an image acquirer configured to acquire an image including a color code, the color code including a data region and a reference region; a detector configured to detect in the acquired image an object having a shape corresponding to the color code, determine a reference candidate region in the object, and determine the object to be the color code by comparing property information of the reference region with the determined reference candidate region; and a demodulator configured to demodulate visible light data from the data region.