Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130183651 | SERVER, LEARNING TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND LEARNING CONTENT MANAGING METHOD - There is provided a server including a teaching material storage unit configured to store teaching material data, notebook templates, and link information indicating associations between the teaching material data and the notebook templates, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the teaching material data and the notebook templates associated with the teaching material data to a learning terminal apparatus according to a request from the learning terminal apparatus. The link information indicates association of a notebook template selected by a teacher for a designated page of the teaching material data. The notebook template is superimposed on another layer and displayed in the learning terminal apparatus. | 07-18-2013 |
20130252225 | STUDY SYSTEM AND DISPLAY METHOD - A system is provided for displaying data. The system comprises a managing device. The managing device is configured to receive user input specifying lesson data. The managing device is further configured to transmit a display command to display teaching data corresponding to the lesson data, the display command including the lesson data. The system further comprises a plurality of study devices. The study devices comprise a receiving component configured to receive, from the managing device, the display command. The study devices further comprise a teaching component configured to display, in response to the display command, the teaching data on a teaching screen. The study devices still further comprise a notebook component. The notebook component is configured to receive notebook data. The notebook component is further configured to display, on a notebook screen, the notebook data. | 09-26-2013 |
20150341539 | INFORMATION COMMUNICATION METHOD - An information communication method is provided for obtaining information from a subject. The information communication method includes transmitting position information indicating a position of an image sensor used to capture the subject, and receiving an ID list that is associated with the position indicated by the position information. The information communication method also includes setting an exposure time of the image sensor so that in a bright line corresponding to an exposure line included in the image sensor appears according to a change in luminance of the subject. The information communication method further includes obtaining a bright line image including the bright line, obtaining information by demodulating data specified by a cycle length or frequency of a stripe pattern of the bright line included in the obtained bright line image, and searching the ID list for identification information that includes the obtained information. | 11-26-2015 |
20160065307 | COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication method for obtaining information from a subject includes obtaining image information of the subject in an image information-taking mode, obtaining visible light data of the subject in a visible light communication mode, and setting a shutter speed and an international organization for standardization (ISO) speed rating or a gain value for the visible light communication mode. The visible light communication mode is a different mode from the image information-taking mode. Also, in the setting, the shutter speed for the visible light communication mode is set to be faster than a shutter speed for the image information-taking mode, and the ISO speed rating or the gain value for the visible light communication mode is set to be greater than an ISO speed rating or a gain value for the image information-taking mode. | 03-03-2016 |
20160086583 | VIDEO DISPLAY METHOD USING VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION IMAGE INCLUDING STRIPE PATTERNS HAVING DIFFERENT PITCHES - A video display method is provided that displays, on a per frame basis, an image included in a video signal. The method includes generating a first visible light communication image by encoding a visible light communication signal, the first visible light communication image being an image having a stripe pattern for visible light communication, and displaying, in a predetermined frame, the image included in the video signal. The method also includes switching a pitch of the first visible light communication image to a different pitch, and generating a second visible light communication image. The method further includes displaying the second visible light communication image that has a stripe pattern configured with a different minimum pitch, which is different in resolution from the stripe pattern of the first visible light communication image. | 03-24-2016 |
20160087721 | INFORMATION COMMUNICATION METHOD - An apparatus includes a processor and a recording medium having a program, the program causing the processor to execute operations. The operations include a normal mode and a visible light communication mode, wherein the normal mode and the visible light communication mode are switchable. In the normal mode, first image data is obtained by image capture with a first exposure time by sequentially starting exposure for a plurality of exposure lines in an image sensor each at a different time and each of the plurality of exposure lines partially overlaps in exposure time an adjacent exposure line. The visible light communication mode includes (i) setting a second exposure time of the image sensor, (ii) obtaining a bright line image including the plurality of bright lines, and (iii) obtaining information by demodulating data specified by a pattern of the plurality of bright lines included in the obtained bright line image. | 03-24-2016 |
20160112128 | INFORMATION COMMUNICATION METHOD - An information communication method is provided for transmitting a signal using a change in luminance. The method includes determining a pattern of the change in luminance by modulating the signal to be transmitted, and transmitting the signal by a light emitter changing in luminance according to the determined pattern, wherein the pattern of the change in luminance is a pattern in which one of two different luminance values occurs in each arbitrary position in a predetermined duration. In the determining, the pattern of the change in luminance is determined so that a luminance change position in the duration is different for each of different signals to be transmitted, the luminance change position being a position at which the luminance rises or a position at which the luminance falls. | 04-21-2016 |
20160134371 | INFORMATION COMMUNICATION DEVICE - An information communication method is provided that includes continuously capturing an image of a subject that transmits a signal by changing luminance, with an image sensor. The method also includes displaying a captured image that includes a box and a subject image for identifying the subject, while continuously updating a position of the subject image on the captured image, according to a positional relationship between the image sensor and the subject established when the image of the subject is captured. The method further includes determining whether the subject image is in the box, and receiving the signal transmitted by the subject when it is determined that the subject image is in the box. In the receiving, information is obtained by demodulating a bright line pattern that appears in a second image data and corresponds to the plurality of exposure lines. | 05-12-2016 |
20160142138 | INFORMATION COMMUNICATION METHOD - An information communication method of transmitting a signal is provided that uses a change in luminance. The method includes determining a pattern of the change in luminance by modulating the signal to be transmitted, and transmitting the signal by a light emitter changing in luminance according to the determined pattern. The pattern of the change in luminance is a pattern in which one of two different luminance values occurs in each arbitrary position in a predetermined duration. The determining a pattern of change in luminance includes dividing the predetermined duration into four duration units, so that one of two different luminance value occurs in one duration unit of the four duration units and the other luminance value of the two different luminance value occurs in three duration units of the four duration units, the three duration units are other than the one duration unit. | 05-19-2016 |
20160142140 | VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION METHOD, IDENTIFICATION SIGNAL, AND RECEIVER - A visible light communication method is provided that includes obtaining a first ID indicating a default interpolation ID previously stored in a receiver. The method also includes obtaining a second ID, by the receiver, through visible light communication with a light source, and generating a third ID, by the receiver, by combining the first ID and the second ID. The method further includes obtaining, by the receiver, information from a server using the third ID, which is a combination of the first ID and the second ID. | 05-19-2016 |