Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090010654 | Communication link apparatus and method for maintaining visibility in visible light communication - A system and method for continuing a communication link while maintaining visibility in visible light communication. A frame is transmitted by a sender for establishing a communication link before data transmission to a receiver by a sender. A receiver sends a response frame that reports on establishment of the communication link prior to data transmission by the sender. A data frame containing information is transmitted by the sender to the receiver. An acknowledgment frame is transmitted to the sender in response to the data frame. A disconnect frame is transmitted by the sender which is acknowledged by the receiver. A visible sequence is transmitted during a time period when the sender and the receiver do not transmit respective frames for communication to maintain visibility between two devices that may be communicating otherwise by, for example, infrared communication. | 01-08-2009 |
20090022496 | Apparatus and method for arranging communication links in visible light communication - A method and apparatus for arranging communication links in visible light communication increases the user visibility of the system. The method includes the steps of: (a) synchronizing, by a visible light communication (VLC) exchange identification (XID) frame, (b) transmission timing of a primary device and a secondary device in an allocated time slot, and securing time so as to allow the primary device and the secondary device to perform an operation required for transmitting data; (c) transmitting an XID command frame from the primary to the secondary device and (d) transmitting an XID response frame from the secondary receiving the XID command frame to the primary; and (e) filling remaining space of the allocated time slot with a visibility field so as to increase visibility of the remaining space of the allocated time slot after receiving the XID command frame or the XID response frame. | 01-22-2009 |
20090028558 | Method for providing visible light communication in a visible light communication system - A method of providing a visible light communication in a data link layer of a visible light communication system adopting an infrared communication link connection protocol includes: broadcasting a discovery exchange station identification (D-XID) frame; generating a visible frame to provide a visibility to a link for a specified waiting time period for responding to the broadcast D-XID frame; exchanging a set normal response mode (SNRM) frame and an unnumbered acknowledgement (UA) frame for requesting a link setting between the transmitting and receiving terminals; generating visible frames for a waiting time for receiving the SNRM frame and the UA frame; exchanging an information transfer frame (I-frame) and a receive ready (RR) frame, which is a response to the I-frame, between the transmitting and receiving terminals; and generating visible frames for a specified waiting period for receiving the I-frame and the RR frame. | 01-29-2009 |
20090110405 | METHOD OF COMMUNICATING BETWEEN TERMINALS USING OPTICAL WIRELESS LINE AND MOBILE TERMINAL FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A wireless communication method between mobile terminals using visible light and a mobile terminal therefore are disclosed. The method includes: periodically transmitting device discovery signals for searching for a visible light communication device when there is a request for a visible light communication; transmitting only reference clock signals between the device discovery signals; and connecting a link to a receiving terminal to transmit data when a response signal for the device discovery signal is received from the receiving terminal. | 04-30-2009 |
20090185802 | Method and apparatus for generating visible signal for data transmission frame in visible-light communication system - A method for generating a visible signal for a data transmission frame in a visible-light communication system includes: receiving specific data constituted by a plurality of frames from a sender; checking and converting a received signal strength indication (RSSI) signal measured from the sender; whenever each frame of the specific data is consecutively received, checking the converted RSSI, determining a level of a visible signal for distinctively displaying a state of a corresponding communication channel, and transmitting the level of the visible signal to the sender; and when reception of the specific data has finished, transmitting a corresponding response message to the sender, according to whether the specific data has been successfully received. | 07-23-2009 |
20090213099 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BROADCASTING VISIBLE LIGHT INFORMATION IN VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION - Provided is a method for broadcasting visible light information in visible light communication. The method includes determining a time interval for a simultaneous signal and a time interval for an individual signal of information to be displayed on a display device; simultaneously modulating output signals of three Red-Green-Blue (RGB) Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) making up one pixel, and transferring the modulated information to the display device; individually modulating output signals of the three RGB LEDs and transferring the modulated information to the display device; and displaying the modulated information for any selected one of the time interval for the simultaneous signal and the time interval for the individual signal. | 08-27-2009 |
20100098439 | OPTICAL SIGNAL CONCENTRATOR AND OPTICAL RECEIVER USING THE SAME - Disclosed are an optical signal concentrator and an optical receiver for wireless optical communication. The concentrator includes a diffusion sheet and a light guide plate positioned below the diffusion sheet for guiding diffused optical signals perpendicularly to the incident direction the diffused optical signals, the light guide plate being formed with at least one concentric circle pattern facing the diffusion sheet. The receiver includes an optical signal concentrator including a diffusion sheet, a light guide plate positioned below the diffusion sheet for guiding the optical signals perpendicularly to the incident direction the diffused optical signals, one or more optical detectors for detecting light projected to the side of the light guide plate, and a reflection plate for reflecting light incident to the light guide plate. | 04-22-2010 |
20100110088 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA COMMUNICATION BASED ON DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING - A data communication apparatus based on digital image processing is provided, in which a display displays a color block array including color blocks corresponding to transmission data, a camera captures an image of a color block array displayed on a display of a transmitting side, a storage stores a code table including information about colors mapped to data values, and a Digital Signal Processor (DSP) creates a color block array by converting transmission data to color blocks according to the code table during data transmission, and identifies the color block array in the image captured by the camera, detects colors of color blocks in the color block array, and extracts data values corresponding to the detected colors during data reception. | 05-06-2010 |
20100135671 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION DATA - An apparatus for transmitting visible light communication data is provided, the apparatus including a common modulation unit generating a modulated signal for transmitting a first visible light communication data, a plurality of individual modulation units generating modulated signals for transmitting a plurality of second visible light communication data, and a plurality of light emitting units receiving the modulated signals from the plurality of individual modulation units, respectively, and outputting visible light signals, wherein an output of the common modulation unit is the input as an output control signal of the individual modulation units. | 06-03-2010 |
20100179786 | METHOD FOR MEASURING POSITION OF PORTABLE TERMINAL AND INDOOR ILLUMINATING APPARATUS FOR THE SAME - Provided is a method of measuring the position of a portable terminal, comprising detecting indoor illuminating light, and outputting an electric signal corresponding to the detected indoor illuminating light, obtaining a plurality of data frames from the output electrical signal, and calculating a position of the portable terminal based on information regarding the position of a corresponding reference light source included in each data frame and an identifier corresponding to the reference light source included in said each frame and a reception time of said each data frame. | 07-15-2010 |
20100207546 | METHOD FOR DRIVING COLOR LAMP AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - Disclosed is a color lamp driving apparatus for generating illumination light of various colors by using a plurality of Red (R), Green (R), and Blue (B) lamps together with each other, having a color controller for generating a color control signal, which indicates driving time rates of R, G, and B lamp arrays, according to color information of required illumination light, and a lamp driving module for outputting a driving signal for driving each of R, G, and B lamp arrays according to the color control signal output from the color controller. The driving signal is set to apply driving times for the R, G, and B lamp arrays based on one among a start time point, a middle time point, and an end time point of each corresponding period ΔT within one light-emitting period T. | 08-19-2010 |
20100209105 | VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A Visible Light Communication (VLC) method in a VLC terminal, in which the VLC terminal requests initial access to an Access Point (AP) on a selected mini-slot among a plurality of mini-slots constituting a control slot, based on control information in a frame, sends an association request to the AP on an allocated uplink time slot, if the uplink time slot allocated to correspond to the selected mini-slot exists in control information in a next frame, and transmits data at a data rate appointed to the VLC terminal included in control information in the current frame using an association Identifier (ID) included in a response received in reply to the association request and the allocated uplink time slot. | 08-19-2010 |
20110063510 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THROUGH DISPLAY - A display device for providing additional information using Visible Light Communication (VLC), including a decoder for dividing an input signal into a video signal and a data signal including additional information on at least one object included in an image output through the video signal; a display; a VLC controller for receiving the data signal from the decoder and encoding the data signal in accordance with a VLC protocol to output the data signal as a visible light signal through the VLC; light source blocks, which include light sources, back light the display, and output the data signal encoded in accordance with the VLC; and a control unit for controlling the encoded data signal including the additional information on the object, to be output as the visible light signal through a light source block at a position corresponding to the object from among the light source blocks. | 03-17-2011 |
20110072174 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA IN ONE-TO-ONE COMMUNICATION - An apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving data in one-to-one communication are provided. A first buffer for temporarily storing file data and a second buffer for temporarily storing message data are connected to a data transmitter for transmitting data and a data receiver for receiving data, respectively or vice versa, according to a request for data transmission or reception. The buffer for storing file data and the buffer for storing message data are differently constructed, thereby reducing the waste of memories of the buffers and achieving the miniaturization and high-speed data transmission of a portable terminal device. | 03-24-2011 |
20110153201 | INDOOR NAVIGATION METHOD AND SYSTEM USING ILLUMINATION LAMPS - A method and apparatus for performing a navigation service in a mobile terminal is provided. Map information and an IDentification (ID) of an information spot, which is connected to a map server, are received from the information spot. A current position is determined. The map information and the current position are displayed A destination input by a user is received. An optimal path from the current position to the destination is calculated and displayed by using the map information. When the mobile terminal receives an ID of a general spot from the general spot, a current position of the mobile terminal is re-determined. When the re-determined current position is on the optimal path, the optimal path is updated and the updated optimal path from the re-determined current position to the destination is displayed. | 06-23-2011 |
20110170872 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SYNCHRONIZED DATA BY USING VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION - An apparatus and a method for providing synchronized data by using visible light communication includes, receiving a synchronization channel from a mobile communication base station using a specific mobile communication network, by a Light Emitting Diode (LED) lighting; analyzing the received synchronization channel, and extracting a synchronization signal for synchronizing the LED lighting with at least one LED lighting adjacent to the LED lighting; selecting a specific time slot of the synchronization signal based on IDentifications (IDs) of the LED lightings; and including a data frame of the LED lighting in the specific time slot, and transmitting the specific time slot, which includes the data frame of the LED lighting, to a mobile terminal. | 07-14-2011 |
20110176803 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDOOR POSITIONING USING LED LIGHTING - A system for performing indoor positioning using a Light Emitting Diode (LED) lighting unit is provided. The system includes the LED lighting unit for determining whether transmission packet data exists in a frame to be transmitted, modulating the transmission packet data in accordance with a predetermined method in order to maintain a uniform brightness of the LED lighting unit when the transmission packet data exists, and transmitting the frame including the modulated transmission packet data. The system also includes a mobile terminal for receiving the frame, demodulating the modulated transmission packet data to determine the transmission packet data, and performing indoor positioning by using the demodulated transmission packet data and information included in the frame. | 07-21-2011 |
20120293010 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION - A wireless power transmission controlling apparatus and method are provided. The apparatus includes a power amplifier that receives a source power, amplifies the received source power, and outputs a wireless power transmission signal from the amplified received source power, a band pass filter that filters the wireless power transmission signal, and passes a harmonic wave corresponding to a communication frequency band, and a communication unit that transmits a wireless power transmission control signal using the harmonic wave corresponding to the communication frequency band. | 11-22-2012 |
20120293119 | WIRELESS CHARGING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Methods and apparatus for wireless charging are provided. Transmission power transmitted from a wireless power transmitter is received at a power receiver of a wireless power receiver. A battery of the wireless power receiver is charged with the received transmission power. It is determined whether the battery is fully charged. A packet from a communication unit of the wireless power receiver is transmitted to the wireless power transmitter when the battery is fully charged. An auxiliary charge of the battery is performed by receiving strength-reduced transmission power from the wireless power transmitter. | 11-22-2012 |
20120313445 | WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - A wireless power transmission apparatus includes a wireless power transmitter for wirelessly transmitting power to at least one wireless power receiver by magnetic resonance coupling; and a master wireless power receiver that is wire-connected to the wireless power transmitter for communication, and performs peer-to-peer wireless communication with the at least one wireless power receiver. A resonant frequency used for the peer-to-peer wireless communication between the master wireless power receiver and the at least one wireless power receiver is identical to a resonant frequency used for the wireless power transmission between the wireless power transmitter and the at least one wireless power receiver. | 12-13-2012 |
20120313447 | METHOD OF PERFORMING BIDIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER IN WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION SYSTEM, THE TRANSMITTER, AND THE RECEIVER - A method and apparatus for performing bidirectional communication between a transmitter and a receiver in a wireless power transmission system are provided. The method includes detecting the receiver; transmitting, when the receiver is detected, transmitting a predetermined level of power to the receiver through a transmission (Tx) resonator; receiving a request for transmitting wireless power from the receiver through a wireless communication module; allocating a Short IDentification (SID) and a time slot corresponding to the receiver; transmitting the SID and the time slot to the receiver through the wireless communication module; receiving a request for required power from the receiver through the wireless communication module; determining whether the required power is greater than a residual power of the transmitter; and when the required power is greater than the residual power, informing the receiver through the wireless communication module that the required power cannot be transmitted. | 12-13-2012 |
20130015813 | WIRELESS POWER RECEIVERAANM KIM; Joon-IlAACI SeoulAACO KRAAGP KIM; Joon-Il Seoul KRAANM Park; Sung-BumAACI Suwon-siAACO KRAAGP Park; Sung-Bum Suwon-si KRAANM Park; Se-HoAACI Suwon-siAACO KRAAGP Park; Se-Ho Suwon-si KRAANM Lee; Young-MinAACI Yongin-siAACO KRAAGP Lee; Young-Min Yongin-si KRAANM Lee; Woo-RamAACI Hwaseong-siAACO KRAAGP Lee; Woo-Ram Hwaseong-si KR - A wireless power receiver is provided for wirelessly receiving driving power from a wireless power transmitter. The wireless power receiver includes a power reception unit for wirelessly receiving the driving power from the wireless power transmitter. The wireless power receiver also includes a rectifier for rectifying the driving power output from the power reception unit into an Alternating Current (AC) power type. The wireless power receiver additionally includes a load unit for storing the rectified driving power output from the rectifier. The wireless power receiver further includes a controller for detecting an amount of the rectified driving power stored in the load unit to control output from the rectifier to the load unit. The wireless power receiver also includes an impedance adjuster for adjusting an impedance in the power reception unit according to the amount of the rectified driving power stored in the load unit. | 01-17-2013 |