Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Luminaire and visible light communication system using same
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Application No.: US14434295Application Date: 2013-10-03
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Publication No.: US09614615B2Publication Date: 2017-04-04
- Inventor: Shigeaki Yamasaki
- Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Priority: JP2012-224430 20121009; JP2012-224432 20121009
- International Application: PCT/JP2013/005901 WO 20131003
- International Announcement: WO2014/057632 WO 20140417
- Main IPC: H04B10/00
- IPC: H04B10/00 ; H04B10/116 ; H05B33/08

Abstract:
A luminaire includes an electric light source, a light source driver configured to turn on the light source, and a controller configured to control the light source driver. The controller is configured to control the light source driver to transmit, with a probability lower than 50% at a prescribed time interval, an optical signal with light of the light source as a medium while the light source is in ON. The prescribed time interval is longer than a time period during which the optical signal is transmitted.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150263807A1 LUMINAIRE AND VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING SAME Public/Granted day:2015-09-17
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