WO2016001972A1 - 送信装置、受信装置、通信システム、及び送信方法ならびに受信方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to, for example, a communication system that transmits light using light, a transmission device and a reception device, a transmission method, and a reception method that are used in such a communication system.
- LEDs light emitting diodes
- the LED has a feature that its response speed is faster than that of an incandescent bulb or a fluorescent lamp.
- Visible light communication technology that uses this feature to communicate by superimposing information on illumination light emitted from the LED by blinking the LED at a speed that cannot be recognized by the human eye (for example, non-patented) Reference 1).
- Visible light communication is being considered for use in places where radio wave usage is restricted, for information distribution limited to light, such as indoors, or for use in Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS).
- ITS Intelligent Transport Systems
- the information transmission system disclosed in Patent Document 1 includes light emitting means for transmitting information by illuminating a predetermined area, and light receiving means for decoding information from an image obtained by imaging the predetermined area in time series.
- the predetermined area emits light that has been multi-valued into at least three values according to the information and is color-modulated, and the light receiving means receives information based on the multi-valued color modulation information in the predetermined area. Is decrypted.
- an optical module that includes at least two primary light sources that emit primary color light, and that incorporates data into the light by modulating the color coordinates of the light emitted from the primary light source in accordance with data to be embedded (for example, Patent Documents). 2).
- the sensitivity to color changes in human eye color is lower than the sensitivity to changes in intensity, so when this light module is used in a lighting system, it is emitted without degrading its function as a light.
- Data can be embedded in light.
- a value of data to be transmitted is assigned for each color. Also in the technique disclosed in Patent Document 2, a logical value represented by one bit or a plurality of bits is assigned to each color coordinate. Therefore, in the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 and the technique disclosed in Patent Document 2, in order for the receiving apparatus to accurately decode the information superimposed on the light emitted by the transmitting apparatus, the receiving apparatus The device on the side is required to directly receive the light emitted by the device on the transmission side. The receiving device cannot directly receive the light emitted from the transmitting device, for example, the light reflected or scattered by the object on the transmitting device is received by the receiving device. This is because the color of the received light may be different from the original color depending on the object.
- the color of the received light is different from the color of the light emitted by the transmitting device, the color of the received light is not a color corresponding to the value of the data included in the superimposed information, It becomes difficult for the receiving device to accurately decode the information superimposed on the light emitted by the transmitting device.
- a transmission device sets a predetermined period for a symbol included in information to be transmitted and an illumination unit capable of changing the characteristics of emitted light in time series, and performs illumination according to the value of the symbol within the period And a control unit that controls the illumination unit so as to change the characteristics of the light emitted from the unit in time series.
- a receiving device configured to generate an image with an imaging range captured at a predetermined imaging cycle and a plurality of images generated by the imaging unit according to a symbol value included in transmitted information.
- a feature extraction unit that extracts a feature amount representing a characteristic of light emitted from a transmission device that is changed along a sequence, and a feature amount extracted from each of a plurality of images included in a period set according to a symbol
- a decoding unit that decodes a symbol value from a change in sequence order.
- a communication system having a transmission device and a reception device.
- a transmission device sets a predetermined period for a symbol included in information to be transmitted and an illumination unit that can change the characteristics of emitted light in time series, and the value of the symbol within that period.
- a control unit that controls the illumination unit so as to change the characteristics of light emitted from the illumination unit in a time series.
- the receiving device includes an imaging unit that generates an image in which a shooting range including at least a part of a range irradiated with light from the transmission device in a predetermined shooting period is captured, and a plurality of images generated by the imaging unit.
- a feature extraction unit that extracts a feature amount representing a characteristic of light emitted from a transmission device that is changed in time series according to a symbol value, and a plurality of images included in a period set according to the symbol
- a decoding unit that decodes the value of the symbol from the change of the feature amount extracted from each of them in time series order.
- the transmitting device disclosed in this specification can transmit information superimposed on light to the receiving device even when the receiving device cannot directly receive the light that superimposes information.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a communication system according to one embodiment.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a relationship between a light emission pattern and a symbol value to be superimposed.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the influence on the light emission pattern due to the light emitted from the transmission device being reflected or scattered by the object.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram of a transmission device used in the communication system shown in FIG.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the relationship between the temporal change in the value of each component in the YUV color space and the temporal change in the value of each component in the RGB color space according to the light emission pattern.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a communication system according to one embodiment.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a relationship between a light emission pattern and a symbol value to be superimposed.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the influence on the light emission pattern due to the light emitted from the transmission
- FIG. 6A is a diagram illustrating a temporal change in the light emission intensity of the light emitting element, which is determined according to the light emission pattern.
- FIG. 6B is an explanatory diagram of the relationship between the amount of light emitted from the light emitting element in the PWM method and the period during which current flows through the light emitting element.
- FIG. 7 is an operation flowchart of the transmission process.
- FIG. 8 is a schematic configuration diagram of a receiving apparatus used in the communication system shown in FIG.
- FIG. 9 is a functional block diagram of the control unit of the receiving apparatus.
- FIG. 10 is a conceptual diagram of reception processing.
- FIG. 11 is an operation flowchart of the reception process.
- the transmission device changes the characteristics of light emitted from the illumination unit in a time-series manner according to the value of the symbol included in the information to be transmitted.
- the transmission apparatus varies the light emission pattern, which is a time-series change pattern of the light characteristics, according to the value of the symbol included in the information to be transmitted.
- the receiving device cannot directly receive the light emitted from the transmitting device, and even when receiving light reflected or scattered by any object, it extracts a time-series change pattern of the characteristics of the received light.
- the superimposed information can be decoded.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a communication system according to one embodiment.
- the communication system 100 includes a transmission device 1 and a reception device 2. And the transmission apparatus 1 superimposes the information transmitted on the light which the illumination part which an own apparatus has emits.
- the receiving device 2 has an imaging unit, and is obtained in a time series obtained by continuously shooting a shooting range including the object 3 illuminated with the light from the transmission device 1 in the imaging unit. Information superimposed on light is decoded from a plurality of images arranged side by side.
- the communication system 100 includes only one receiving device 2, but the number of receiving devices 2 included in the communication system 100 is not limited to one.
- the communication system 100 may include a plurality of receiving devices 2.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the relationship between the light emission pattern and the symbol value to be superimposed.
- the horizontal axis represents time
- the vertical axis represents the characteristics of light emitted from the transmission apparatus 1.
- the light emission pattern 201 and the light emission pattern 202 correspond to symbol values “0” and “1”, respectively.
- the light characteristics periodically change with time, but the phases are shifted by 180 ° with respect to each other.
- the transmission device 1 can superimpose information on the light emitted by the illumination unit by changing the phase in the temporal variation of the light characteristics for each symbol value.
- the relationship between the light emission pattern and the symbol value is not limited to this example. Details of the relationship between the light emission pattern and the symbol value will be described later.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the influence on the light emission pattern due to the light emitted from the transmission device being reflected or scattered by the object.
- a graph 301 represents a time change of light emitted from the illumination unit of the transmission device 1 according to the light emission pattern. In this example, it is assumed that the color of light emitted from the illumination unit changes in time series.
- a graph 302 represents a temporal change of light obtained by reflection or scattering of light from the illumination unit of the transmission device 1 by the object 3. The color of the object 3 is constant as indicated by the dotted line 303 unless the object 3 itself is an object that changes color in time series.
- the receiver 2 receives the light emitted from the illumination unit of the transmitter 1 and reflected or scattered by the object 3, the receiver 2 identifies the light emission pattern by analyzing the frequency characteristics of the variation pattern of the received light. Thus, the information superimposed on the light emitted from the illumination unit by the transmitter 1 can be decoded.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram of the transmission device 1.
- the transmission device 1 includes a communication interface unit 11, a storage unit 12, a storage medium access device 13, an illumination unit 14, and a control unit 15.
- the transmitting device 1 superimposes information to be transmitted acquired via the communication interface unit 11 or the storage medium access device 13 or stored in advance in the storage unit 12 on the light emitted by the illumination unit 14. Send.
- the communication interface unit 11 includes, for example, a communication interface for connecting the transmission device 1 to a wired or wireless communication network and its control circuit. Then, the communication interface unit 11 passes information received from another device via the communication network to the control unit 15.
- the storage unit 12 includes, for example, a read-only nonvolatile semiconductor memory and a readable / writable volatile semiconductor memory. And the memory
- FIG. The storage unit 12 stores various information and programs used by the control unit 15 to perform transmission processing. For example, for each symbol value, the storage unit 12 stores data representing a light emission pattern corresponding to the symbol value.
- the data representing the light emission pattern includes, for example, the light emission pattern phase, period, light emission color or light amount corresponding to the maximum value and the minimum value of the light characteristics at the start of light control from the illumination unit 14 according to the light emission pattern, and the like including.
- the storage unit 12 may store data representing the light emission pattern of each symbol included in the information in advance.
- the storage medium access device 13 is a device that accesses the storage medium 16 such as a magnetic disk, a semiconductor memory card, and an optical storage medium.
- the storage medium access device 13 reads, for example, a computer program for transmission processing executed on the control unit 15 or information to be transmitted, which is stored in the storage medium 16, and passes it to the control unit 15.
- the illuminating unit 14 includes at least one light emitting element capable of changing the characteristics of the emitted light in time series, and a drive circuit.
- the drive circuit drives the at least one light emitting element so as to change the characteristics of the light emitted from the at least one light emitting element in accordance with a control signal from the control unit 15.
- the characteristic of the light that can change along the time series can be, for example, a light emission color.
- the illumination unit 14 includes, for example, at least two types of light emitting elements having different emission colors, for example, a red LED, a green LED, and a blue LED. And since the ratio of the light quantity which each light emitting element emits changes along a time series, the color of the light which the illumination part 14 emits also changes along a time series.
- the illumination unit 14 may include at least one light emitting element that can modulate the emission color itself.
- a light emitting element capable of modulating the emission color itself is, for example, a light emitting element that emits light including a plurality of wavelengths, such as a fluorescent lamp, and a liquid crystal panel having a color filter arranged in an array, for each light wavelength. It is possible to use a combination with a light modulation element capable of adjusting the transmittance.
- the light characteristic that can change along the time series may be a light amount per unit time.
- the illumination unit 14 includes at least one light-emitting element that can change the amount of light in time series, for example, a white LED or an organic electroluminescence (EL) element.
- the characteristic of light that can be changed along the time series may be a combination of the emission color and the light amount.
- the illuminating unit 14 changes the characteristics of the emitted light according to the control signal from the control unit 15 in time series according to the light emission pattern corresponding to the value of the symbol included in the transmitted information, so that the light emitted from the illuminating unit 14 Superimpose information on
- the control unit 15 has one or a plurality of processors and its peripheral circuits. And the control part 15 controls the transmitter 1 whole.
- the control unit 15 receives information to be transmitted via the communication interface unit 11 or from the storage medium access device 13, the control unit 15 temporarily stores the information in the storage unit 12.
- the control unit 15 reads information to be transmitted from the storage unit 12 and divides the information in symbol units. Then, for each symbol, the control unit 15 reads data representing a light emission pattern corresponding to the value of the symbol from the storage unit 12, and illuminates so as to change the characteristics of the light emitted according to the light emission pattern in time series.
- the unit 14 is controlled.
- the timing for executing the transmission process may be set in advance.
- the control unit 15 starts transmission processing in response to a transmission processing start instruction signal from another device. Also good.
- the control unit 15 may repeatedly execute the transmission process at regular intervals.
- the light emission pattern is a periodic fluctuation pattern in which the characteristics of light change in a sine wave shape with the passage of time.
- the light emission pattern is not limited to this example.
- the light emission pattern may be a pattern in which the light characteristics periodically change in a triangular shape or a rectangular pulse shape.
- the light emission pattern is not limited to a periodically changing pattern, and may be, for example, a pattern in which light characteristics change monotonously within a period corresponding to one symbol.
- the light emitted from the illumination unit 14 at the start of the period corresponding to the symbol has the first characteristic value and is emitted from the illumination unit 14 at the end of the period.
- the light characteristic changes monotonously so that the light has the second characteristic value.
- the light emitted from the illumination unit 14 at the start of the period corresponding to the symbol has the second characteristic value and is emitted from the illumination unit 14 at the end of the period.
- the light characteristic changes monotonously so that the light has the first characteristic value.
- the length of one cycle of the light emission pattern is set to, for example, several times the reciprocal of the shooting rate so that the reception device can reproduce the light emission pattern even at the shooting rate of the imaging unit included in the reception device 2.
- the length of one cycle of the light emission pattern is set to, for example, 100 milliseconds to 1 second.
- control unit 15 divides the information to be transmitted in units of bit strings having one to a plurality of bits, and each bit string is set as one symbol.
- the control unit 15 reads data representing the light emission pattern corresponding to the symbol value from the storage unit 12. Then, the control unit 15 sets a period having a predetermined length for each symbol.
- the control unit 15 causes the illumination unit 14 to repeat the light emission pattern corresponding to the symbol value for one to several cycles during the period.
- the control unit 15 may include a predetermined symbol sequence (for example, “01010101”) as a preamble at a predetermined position of information to be transmitted, for example, at the head.
- the control unit 15 may include an error detection code such as a cyclic redundancy check (CCR) code in the information to be transmitted.
- CCR cyclic redundancy check
- the controller 15 can use various modulation schemes used in wireless communication as the modulation scheme of the light emission pattern according to the symbol value.
- the control unit 15 may associate one symbol with one bit.
- BPSK binary phase-shift keying
- the controller 15 sets the light emission pattern corresponding to the symbol value “0” and the symbol value “′”. The phase is inverted by 180 ° with respect to the light emission pattern corresponding to 1 '.
- the control unit 15 may associate two bits with one symbol.
- the control unit 15 performs four values ('00', '01', '10', '11) that the symbol can take, as in quadriphase phase-shift keying (QPSK). For each of '), a light emission pattern in which the characteristics of light periodically change with a phase difference of 90 ° may be set.
- QPSK quadriphase phase-shift keying
- control unit 15 may modulate the change width of the light characteristic (hereinafter referred to as an amplitude level) according to the value of the symbol.
- the control unit 15 may set a light emission pattern having a different combination of amplitude level and phase for each value that a symbol can take, such as quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM).
- QAM quadrature amplitude modulation
- the control unit 15 monotonically increases the amplitude level within a period corresponding to the symbol for a certain symbol value, and monotonically decreases the amplitude level within a period corresponding to the symbol for other symbol values. May be.
- control unit 15 may multiplex information to be transmitted using a plurality of light emission patterns having different frequencies (that is, different periods).
- the control unit 15 represents a symbol with a light emission pattern according to any one of the modulation schemes described above for each of a plurality of frequencies, for example, orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (or OFDM).
- the light emission pattern of each frequency may be subjected to inverse Fourier transform.
- the inverse Fourier transform is an example of frequency time conversion.
- the control part 15 may control the illumination part 14 so that the illumination part 14 may change the characteristic of light along a time series according to the light emission pattern obtained by frequency time conversion.
- the control unit 15 may spread information to be transmitted to a plurality of frequencies, such as spread spectrum used in a code division multiple access method (Code Division Multiple Access, CDMA). And the control part 15 may control the illumination part 14 so that the illumination part 14 may change the characteristic of light along a time series according to the light emission pattern obtained by diffusing the information to transmit to several frequencies. .
- CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
- the characteristic of the light that changes in time series in the light emission pattern can be, for example, a light emission color or a light amount of a unit time value, or a combination of a light emission color and a light amount per unit time.
- the control unit 15 sets a plurality of sampling points (for example, 10 to 20 points) in one cycle of the light emission pattern. Then, the control unit 15 uses a color component at each sampling point when the value of the color component is changed to a sine wave in a color space such as YUV or HLS in which the luminance component and the color component are represented independently of each other. Find the value of. Then, for each sampling point, the control unit 15 determines the red and green colors in the RGB color space that can correspond to the emission color of each light emitting element of the illumination unit 14 from the luminance component value and the color component value in the color space. And the value of each component of blue is calculated
- control part 15 determines the emitted light amount per unit time of the light emitting element corresponding to the color component according to the value of each component of red, green, and blue for every sampling point.
- control unit 15 preferably keeps the value of the luminance component constant. Thereby, even if the color of the light emitted from the illumination unit 14 changes in time series according to the light emission pattern, the light quantity per unit time of the light is kept constant. Human vision is relatively sensitive to changes in light intensity, but relatively insensitive to changes in color. Therefore, the light quantity per unit time is kept constant, so that the control unit 15 makes it difficult for a person to perceive that the characteristics of the light from the illumination unit 14 change in time series according to the light emission pattern. be able to.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the relationship between the temporal change in the value of each component in the YUV color space and the temporal change in the value of each component in the RGB color space according to the light emission pattern.
- the value of each component in the YUV color space corresponding to the light emission pattern is shown.
- the Y component that is, the luminance component is kept constant regardless of the passage of time.
- the value of the U component which is one of the color difference components, changes over time according to the light emission pattern.
- the value of the V component which is the other color difference component, also changes over time according to the light emission pattern.
- Graphs 511 to 513 represent temporal changes of the red component, the green component, and the blue component, respectively. As shown in graphs 511 to 513, each color component changes according to the light emission pattern.
- the control part 15 should just make the light emitting element corresponding to the color component of the illumination part 14 light-emit with the emitted light quantity per unit time according to the value of each color component in each sampling point.
- the fluctuation range of the light emission amount per unit time of each light emitting element is about several percent with respect to the time average value over the period corresponding to one symbol of the light emission amount per unit time of the light emitting element.
- the control unit 15 preferably determines values of the U component and the V component. Thereby, the time change of the characteristic of the light from the illumination part 14 according to a light emission pattern becomes harder to be perceived with respect to a person.
- the control unit 15 may include a plurality of sampling points (for example, 10 to 10) in one cycle of the light emission pattern. 20 points). And the control part 15 should just determine the emitted light quantity per unit time of the light emitting element which the illumination part 14 has in each sampling point according to the light emission pattern.
- the control unit 15 sets each light emitting element to, for example, a pulse width.
- PWM Pulse Width Modulation
- the amount of light emitted from the light emitting element is adjusted by the ratio of the time during which the light emitting element is lit to the unit time (duty ratio).
- each section obtained by equally dividing the period by the number of sampling points set in one period of the light emission pattern is a section corresponding to one sampling point (the length of the section is T).
- M is the maximum amount of emitted light per unit time of the light emitting element
- n is the amount of emitted light per unit time at the sampling point.
- FIG. 6A is a diagram illustrating a temporal change in the light emission amount per unit time of the light emitting element, which is determined according to the light emission pattern.
- the horizontal axis represents time
- the vertical axis represents the amount of light.
- a graph 601 indicated by a dotted line represents a temporal change in the amount of emitted light per unit time of the light emitting element, which is determined according to the light emission pattern.
- Each point 602 on the graph 601 represents a sampling point.
- FIG. 6B is an explanatory diagram of a relationship between a light emission amount of a light emitting element and a period in which a current flows through the light emitting element in the PWM method, that is, a period in which the light emitting element is turned on.
- the horizontal axis represents time
- the vertical axis represents current flowing through the light-emitting element.
- Graphs 611 and 612 show the relationship between time and the current flowing through the light-emitting element, respectively.
- the control unit 15 may pass a current through the light emitting element.
- control unit 15 may divide a section in which a current flows through the light emitting element into a plurality of sub-sections P1, P2, and P3 within a section T corresponding to one sampling point.
- the total length of each sub-section may be T ⁇ (n / M).
- the control unit 15 makes the length T of the section corresponding to one sampling point difficult to see flickering due to blinking to the human eye. It is preferable to set it to 100 seconds or less. Furthermore, the length T of the section is preferably shorter than the exposure period when the photographing unit of the receiving device 2 performs one photographing. Thereby, the area
- the control part 15 makes each sampling point. You may adjust the brightness
- FIG. 7 is an operation flowchart of transmission processing by the transmission apparatus 1.
- the control unit 15 of the transmission device 1 divides information to be transmitted into symbol units (step S101). And the control part 15 sets the period which superimposes a light emission pattern for every symbol (step S102). Further, the control unit 15 selects the head symbol as the symbol of interest among the unfocused symbols included in the information to be transmitted (step S103). Then, the control unit 15 determines a light emission pattern according to the focused symbol value (step S104).
- the control unit 15 sets a plurality of sampling points in one cycle of the light emission pattern, and determines the light emission intensity of each light emitting element included in the illumination unit 14 for each sampling point (step S105). And the control part 15 outputs the control signal showing the light-emission light quantity per unit time of each light emitting element for every sampling point, for example, the control signal containing a duty ratio, to the illumination part 14, and each light emitting element of the illumination part 14 is output. Light is emitted with the amount of emitted light (step S106).
- the control unit 15 determines whether or not an unfocused symbol that is not set as the focused symbol remains (step S107). If an unfocused symbol remains (step S107—Yes), the control unit 15 repeats the processing after step S103. On the other hand, if there is no unfocused symbol remaining (step S107—No), the control unit 15 ends the transmission process.
- FIG. 8 is a schematic configuration diagram of the receiving device 2.
- the receiving device 2 can be, for example, a portable terminal having an imaging unit or a stationary device.
- the receiving device 2 includes a communication interface unit 21, a storage unit 22, a storage medium access device 23, an imaging unit 24, a user interface unit 25, and a control unit 26.
- the receiving device 2 has a plurality of images obtained by photographing a photographing range including at least a part of a region irradiated with light from the transmitting device 1 a plurality of times along the time series at a predetermined photographing rate by the imaging unit 24. Is analyzed, the information transmitted by the transmission device 1 is decoded.
- the communication interface unit 21 includes, for example, a communication interface for connecting the receiving device 2 to a wired or wireless communication network and its control circuit. Then, the communication interface unit 21 transmits the information received from the control unit 26 to another device, for example, a server via the communication network. The communication interface unit 21 passes information received from another device to the control unit 26.
- the storage unit 22 includes, for example, a read-only nonvolatile semiconductor memory and a readable / writable volatile semiconductor memory. And the memory
- the storage unit 22 stores various information and programs used by the control unit 26 to perform reception processing. Further, the storage unit 22 may store information transmitted and decoded by the transmission device 1.
- the storage medium access device 23 is a device that accesses a storage medium 27 such as a magnetic disk, a semiconductor memory card, and an optical storage medium.
- a storage medium 27 such as a magnetic disk, a semiconductor memory card, and an optical storage medium.
- the storage medium access device 23 reads a computer program for reception processing, which is stored in the storage medium 27 and executed on the control unit 26, and passes it to the control unit 26.
- the imaging unit 24 includes, for example, an image sensor formed of a two-dimensional array of solid-state imaging devices having sensitivity to light emitted from the illumination unit 14 of the transmission device 1, such as CCD or CMOS, and an imaging range on the image sensor.
- the receiving device 2 so that the object 3 in FIG. 1 is included in the imaging range so that the imaging range includes at least a part of the region irradiated with the light from the illumination unit 14 of the transmission device 1.
- the imaging unit 24 performs imaging at a predetermined imaging rate (for example, 30 frames / second) while the reception device 2 performs reception processing, and generates an image every time imaging is performed.
- generates is a color image.
- the imaging unit 24 outputs the image to the control unit 26 every time an image is generated.
- the user interface unit 25 includes a device such as a touch panel display for a person to operate the receiving apparatus 2 or for the receiving apparatus 2 to display information to the person. Then, the user interface unit 25 outputs an operation signal corresponding to a human operation, for example, an operation signal instructing the start of reception processing to the control unit 26. In addition, the user interface unit 25 displays various information received from the control unit 26 and the image generated by the imaging unit 24. For example, the user interface unit 25 may display the information transmitted from the transmission device 1 decoded by the reception process together with the image generated by the imaging unit 24.
- the control unit 26 has one or a plurality of processors and its peripheral circuits. And the control part 26 controls the receiver 2 whole. In addition, the control unit 26 performs frequency analysis on the plurality of images generated along the time series by the imaging unit 24 and decodes information transmitted from the transmission device 1.
- FIG. 9 is a functional block diagram of the control unit 26 relating to reception processing.
- the control unit 26 includes a dividing unit 31, a feature extracting unit 32, and a decoding unit 33.
- Each of these units included in the control unit 26 is, for example, a software module realized by a computer program that operates on a processor included in the control unit 26.
- these units included in the control unit 26 may be implemented in the receiving device 2 as firmware that realizes the functions of the units.
- these units included in the control unit 26 may be implemented as, for example, a Web application that operates on a Web browser.
- FIG. 10 is a conceptual diagram of reception processing. If an object illuminated with light from the illuminating unit 14 of the transmission apparatus 1 is reflected in each image generated by the imaging unit 24, the illuminating unit 14 determines pixel values included in the region in which the object is captured. It is affected by changes in the characteristics of emitted light. Therefore, the dividing unit 31 divides the images 1000-1, 1000-2, 1000-3,..., 1000-n generated by the imaging unit 24 into a plurality of partial areas 1001, respectively.
- the feature extraction unit 32 extracts a feature amount 1002 representing the characteristics of light emitted from the illumination unit 14 from each partial region.
- the decoding unit 33 identifies the light emission pattern 1003 by examining the temporal change of the feature amount 1002. Then, the decoding unit 33 decodes the symbol value corresponding to the light emission pattern 1003.
- the dividing unit 31 divides each image into a plurality of partial areas. For example, the dividing unit 31 may divide each image into 2 to 4 in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction. Further, the dividing unit 31 may divide each image by a plurality of dividing methods. For example, the dividing unit 31 divides each image into two for each of the horizontal direction and the vertical direction, sets four partial areas for each image, and sets each image to 3 for each of the horizontal direction and the vertical direction. It is possible to divide and set nine partial areas for each image. Thereby, the partial area is set so that the area illuminated by the light from the transmission device 1 in any partial area, or the illumination unit 14 of the transmission apparatus 1 occupies most of the partial area. Probability increases.
- the dividing unit 31 passes information representing each partial area of each image (for example, the position of the boundary between the partial areas) to the feature extracting unit 32.
- the feature extraction unit 32 extracts a feature amount representing the characteristics of light that changes in time series according to the light emission pattern of light emitted from the illumination unit 14 of the transmission device 1 from each partial region of each image. For example, when the characteristic of light that changes in time series is the amount of light per unit time, the feature extraction unit 32 extracts the average value or median value of the luminance values of the pixels in each partial region as a feature amount. In addition, when the characteristic of light that changes in time series is the emission color, the feature extraction unit 32 converts the value of each pixel in each partial area into a value in the YUV color space or HLS color space, and the color of each pixel. An average value or median value of components (for example, U component, V component, or hue) is calculated as a feature amount.
- U component, V component, or hue is calculated as a feature amount.
- the feature extraction unit 32 converts the value of each pixel of the image into the value of the YUV color space or the HLS color space.
- the average value or median value of the color components can be calculated by converting to.
- the feature amount is not limited to the above example, and the feature extraction unit 32 may select various feature amounts that change in time series according to the characteristics of light that changes in the light emission pattern, for example, luminance values in a partial region or a specific value. The sum, variance, or standard deviation of the color components may be extracted as the feature amount.
- the feature extraction unit 32 may extract an average value in a partial area of a difference value between pixel values of pixels located at the same position between two temporally continuous images as a feature amount.
- the feature extraction unit 32 passes the feature amount for each partial region of each image to the decoding unit 33.
- the decoding unit 33 identifies the light emission pattern from the change in the time series order of the feature amount extracted for each partial region, and decodes the symbol value corresponding to the light emission pattern.
- the fluctuation has a frequency component in the time axis direction according to the fluctuation cycle of the light emission pattern.
- the frequency component of the feature amount in the time axis direction includes a specific frequency component corresponding to the sine wave.
- the decoding unit 33 extracts a plurality of images included in the period of interest having the same length as the period corresponding to one symbol, for each partial area in which the same object is captured, from the partial areas in time series order.
- a feature vector is arranged to create a one-dimensional vector.
- the decoding unit 33 performs a Fourier transform on the one-dimensional vector.
- the decoding part 33 extracts the spectrum of the same frequency as the period of a light emission pattern from the obtained frequency component for every partial region.
- the decoding unit 33 selects a partial region having the maximum amplitude level of the extracted spectrum from the partial regions. Or the decoding part 33 may select the partial area
- the decoding unit 33 then extracts a component having a value corresponding to the light emission pattern from the extracted spectrum for the selected partial region, for example, light at a predetermined time point (for example, a start time point or an end time point of the focus period) in the focus period. Detect the phase or amplitude level of periodic variations in characteristics.
- the decoding unit 33 performs the above processing while shifting the focus period by one frame along the time series, and detects a component having a value corresponding to the light emission pattern for each focus period. In this case, when the period of interest and the period set for each symbol by the transmission apparatus 1 match, the value of the detected component becomes an extreme value, so the decoding unit 33 converts the extreme value into a light emission pattern. A component having a corresponding value may be used. Once the extreme value is obtained, it is considered that the period of interest corresponding to the extreme value coincides with the period corresponding to one symbol. Therefore, the decoding unit 33 uses the period of interest as a reference and performs subsequent attention.
- the decoding part 33 detects the component which has a value according to the light emission pattern for every attention period.
- the decoding unit 33 may specify the light emission pattern by a method other than the above method.
- the decoding unit 33 may specify a light emission pattern by obtaining a difference value of feature amounts between temporally adjacent images within a period of interest and examining increase / decrease of the feature amount based on the difference value. .
- the decoding unit 33 arranges the detected components in time series. As described above, when the transmitted information includes a predetermined symbol sequence (for example, '01010101') as a preamble, the decoding unit 33 determines a symbol corresponding to the preamble from the detected component sequence. Extract the part that matches the column. And the decoding part 33 should just match
- a predetermined symbol sequence for example, '01010101'
- CRC error detection code
- the decoding unit 33 decodes the transmitted information by arranging the decoded symbol values in a predetermined order. Then, the control unit 26 outputs the decrypted information to another device via the communication interface unit 21. Or the control part 26 performs the process according to the decoded information. For example, if the decrypted information is information for instructing activation of a predetermined application, the control unit 26 activates the application. Alternatively, the control unit 26 may display the decrypted information on the user interface unit 25.
- FIG. 11 is an operation flowchart of a reception process executed by the reception device 2.
- the dividing unit 31 of the control unit 26 divides each image into a plurality of partial areas (step S201). Then, the feature extraction unit 32 of the control unit 26 extracts a feature amount representing the characteristics of light that changes in the light emission pattern for each partial region (step S202).
- the decoding unit 33 For each period including a plurality of sets of images included in a period corresponding to one symbol, the decoding unit 33 frequency-analyzes the feature amount of the partial region at the same position and detects a spectrum having a cycle of the light emission pattern (Ste S203). And the decoding part 33 decodes the value of the symbol corresponding to a light emission pattern from the detected spectrum for every period, and decodes the transmitted information (step S204). Then, the control unit 26 ends the reception process.
- this communication system can superimpose information on the light emitted from the transmission apparatus and transmit the information to the reception apparatus.
- information is superimposed on the light emitted by the transmission device by changing the light emission pattern that changes in time series according to the value of the symbol. Therefore, even if the receiving device cannot directly receive the light emitted from the transmitting device, it can decode the information by detecting the light emission pattern that changes in time series.
- this communication system can transmit information even if the change in the characteristic of light emitted from the transmission device with respect to time elapses, the change in the characteristic of light can be made difficult to be perceived by humans.
- the receiving apparatus may include a terminal having an imaging unit and another apparatus connected to the terminal via a communication network, for example, a server.
- the terminal may transmit the image to a server via a communication network together with identification information for identifying the terminal, for example, the IP address of the terminal.
- the processor of a server may perform each process of the control part of the receiver by said embodiment, and may decode the information transmitted from the transmitter. Further, the server may return the decrypted information to the terminal with reference to the identification information for specifying the terminal.
- the processor of the terminal may extract the feature amount for each partial region by performing the process of the dividing unit 31 and the process of the feature extracting unit 32 on the image every time the image is generated.
- a terminal may transmit the feature-value for every partial area extracted from each image to a server via a communication network with the identification information for specifying a terminal.
- the processor of the server may decode the information transmitted from the transmission device by executing the processing of the decoding unit 33 of the reception device according to the above-described embodiment.
- the control unit of the reception device may perform tracking processing using an optical flow or the like, and specify a partial region in which the same object is captured among a plurality of images arranged in time series. Then, the control unit of the receiving device may execute the process of the decoding unit using the feature amount extracted from the partial region in which the same object of each image in the target period is captured.
- the control unit of the reception device is similarly extracted from the partial region in which the same object identified by the tracking process is captured.
- the processing of the decoding unit may be executed using the feature amount.
- the area of an area in which an object irradiated with light emitted from the illuminating unit of the transmitting device appears on an image generated by the imaging unit of the receiving device is equal to or larger than a predetermined area.
- the processing of the dividing unit may be omitted in the receiving device.
- the predetermined area can be, for example, half of the image size.
- the feature extraction unit may extract a feature amount from the entire image.
- a computer program that causes a computer to realize each function of the control unit of the transmission device according to each of the above embodiments may be provided in a form recorded on a computer-readable medium.
- a computer program that causes a computer to realize each function of the control unit of the receiving device according to the above-described embodiment may be provided in a form recorded on a computer-readable medium.
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上記の一般的な記述及び下記の詳細な記述の何れも、例示的かつ説明的なものであり、請求項のように、本発明を制限するものではないことを理解されたい。
あるいはまた、時系列に沿って変化可能な光の特性は、発光色と光量の組み合わせであってもよい。
本実施形態では、発光パターンは、例えば、図2に示されるように、時間経過に伴って光の特性が正弦波状に変化する周期的な変動パターンとなる。発光パターンは、この例に限られず、例えば、光の特性が三角形状、あるいは矩形パルス状に周期的に変動するパターンであってよい。また発光パターンは、周期的に変動するパターンに限られず、例えば、一つのシンボルに応じた期間内で、光の特性が単調に変化するパターンであってもよい。例えば、シンボル値'0'に対応する発光パターンでは、そのシンボルに対応する期間の開始時点において照明部14から発する光は第1の特性値を持ち、その期間の終了時点において照明部14から発する光は第2の特性値を持つように光の特性が単調に変化する。一方、シンボル値'1'に対応する発光パターンでは、そのシンボルに対応する期間の開始時点において照明部14から発する光は第2の特性値を持ち、その期間の終了時点において照明部14から発する光は第1の特性値を持つように光の特性が単調に変化する。
また、制御部15は、二つのビットを一つのシンボルに対応させてもよい。この場合、制御部15は、四位相偏移変調方式(quadriphase phase-shift keying, QPSK)のように、シンボルが取り得る4通りの値('00','01','10','11')のそれぞれごとに、位相が90°ずつ異なる、周期的に光の特性が変動する発光パターンを設定してもよい。
図5の左側には、発光パターンに応じたYUV色空間での各成分の値が示される。一番上のグラフ501に示されるように、Y成分、すなわち、輝度成分は、時間経過によらず一定に保たれる。一方、中央のグラフ502に示されるように、一方の色差成分であるU成分の値は、発光パターンに応じて時間経過とともに変化する。同様に、一番下のグラフ503に示されるように、他方の色差成分であるV成分の値も、発光パターンに応じて時間経過とともに変化する。
なお、各発光素子の単位時間当たりの発光光量の変動幅が、その発光素子の単位時間当たりの発光光量の一つのシンボルに対応する期間にわたる時間平均値に対して数%程度となるように、制御部15は、U成分及びV成分の値を決定することが好ましい。これにより、発光パターンに応じた照明部14からの光の特性の時間変化が、人に対してより知覚され難くなる。
t=T×n/M
ここで、Mは、発光素子の単位時間当たりの最大発光光量であり、nは、そのサンプリング点における単位時間当たりの発光光量である。
図6(B)は、PWM方式における発光素子の発光光量と発光素子に電流を流す期間、すなわち、発光素子を点灯させる期間の関係の説明図である。図6(B)において、横軸は時間を表し、縦軸は、発光素子に流れる電流を表す。そしてグラフ611及び612は、それぞれ、時間と発光素子に流れる電流の関係を示す。例えば、図6(A)におけるサンプリング点t1における単位時間当たりの発光光量がnであるとする。この場合、単位時間当たりの発光光量がnとなるように発光素子を点灯させるために、例えば、グラフ611に示されるように、一つのサンプリング点に対応する区間T内で連続する区間T×(n/M)の間、制御部15は、発光素子に電流を流せばよい。あるいは、グラフ612に示されるように、制御部15は、一つのサンプリング点に対応する区間T内で、発光素子に電流を流す区間を複数のサブ区間P1、P2、P3に分割してもよい。この場合も、各サブ区間の長さの合計がT×(n/M)となればよい。
送信装置1の制御部15は、伝送する情報をシンボル単位に分割する(ステップS101)。そして制御部15は、シンボルごとに、発光パターンを重畳する期間を設定する(ステップS102)。また制御部15は、伝送する情報に含まれ、未着目のシンボルのうち、先頭のシンボルを着目するシンボルとして選択する(ステップS103)。そして制御部15は、その着目するシンボル値に応じて発光パターンを決定する(ステップS104)。
一方、未着目のシンボルが残っていなければ(ステップS107-No)、制御部15は、送信処理を終了する。
図8は、受信装置2の概略構成図である。受信装置2は、例えば、撮像部を有する携帯端末、あるいは、据え置き型の装置とすることができる。そして受信装置2は、通信インターフェース部21と、記憶部22と、記憶媒体アクセス装置23と、撮像部24と、ユーザインターフェース部25と、制御部26とを有する。受信装置2は、送信装置1からの光が照射された領域の少なくとも一部を含む撮影範囲を、撮像部24により所定の撮影レートで時系列に沿って複数回撮影して得られる複数の画像を解析することで、送信装置1が送信した情報を復号する。
分割部31は、各画像の各部分領域を表す情報(例えば、部分領域間の境界の位置)を特徴抽出部32へ渡す。
なお、復号部33は、上記の方法以外の方法により、発光パターンを特定してもよい。例えば、復号部33は、着目期間内で、時間的に隣接する画像間での特徴量の差分値を求め、その差分値により特徴量の増減を調べることで、発光パターンを特定してもよい。
あるいは、復号部33は、伝送される情報にCRCといった誤り検出符号が含まれている場合、その誤り検出符号を利用してシンボルの誤りが最小となるように、検出された成分とシンボルの値を対応付けてもよい。
あるいはまた、復号部33は、検出された成分とシンボルの値との対応関係を表す参照テーブルを参照して、検出された成分に応じたシンボルの値を求めてもよい。なお、その参照テーブルは、例えば、予め記憶部22に記憶される。
制御部26の分割部31は、各画像を複数の部分領域に分割する(ステップS201)。そして制御部26の特徴抽出部32は、部分領域ごとに発光パターンで変化する光の特性を表す特徴量を抽出する(ステップS202)。
あるいは、端末が有するプロセッサは、画像を生成する度に、その画像に対して分割部31の処理と特徴抽出部32の処理を行って、部分領域ごとの特徴量を抽出してもよいい。そして端末は、各画像から抽出された部分領域ごとの特徴量を、端末を特定するための識別情報とともに通信ネットワークを介してサーバへ送信してもよい。そしてサーバのプロセッサは、上記の実施形態による受信装置の復号部33の処理を実行して、送信装置から伝送された情報を復号してもよい。
これにより、受信装置と送信装置により照明された物体とが相対的に移動する場合でも、受信装置は、送信装置から伝送された情報を正確に復号できる。
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21 通信インターフェース部
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Claims (11)
- 発する光の特性を時系列に沿って変更可能な照明部と、
伝送する情報に含まれるシンボルに対して所定の期間を設定し、該期間内で前記シンボルの値に応じて前記照明部から発する光の特性を時系列に沿って変化させるよう前記照明部を制御する制御部と、
を有する送信装置。 - 前記光の特性は色であり、前記制御部は、前記シンボルの値に応じて前記期間内で前記照明部から発する光の単位時間当たりの光量を変えずに前記期間内で前記照明部から発する光の色を変化させる、請求項1に記載の送信装置。
- 前記制御部は、前記シンボルの値ごとに異なる位相で前記照明部から発する前記光の特性を周期的に変化させる、請求項1または2に記載の送信装置。
- 前記制御部は、前記シンボルの値ごとに異なる位相と振幅レベルの組み合わせで前記照明部から発する前記光の特性を周期的に変化させる、請求項1または2に記載の送信装置。
- 前記制御部は、複数の前記シンボルのそれぞれに異なる周期を設定し、該周期ごとに、対応する前記シンボルの値に応じた前記光の特性の時系列に沿った変動パターンを設定し、該周期ごとの前記変動パターンを周波数時間変換して得られる前記光の特性の時系列に沿った変動パターンに従って前記照明部から発する前記光の特性を変化させる、請求項1~4の何れか一項に記載の送信装置。
- 所定の撮影周期で撮影範囲が写った画像を生成する撮像部と、
前記撮像部により生成された複数の前記画像のそれぞれから、伝送される情報に含まれるシンボルの値に応じて時系列に沿って変更される送信装置が発する光の特性を表す特徴量を抽出する特徴抽出部と、
前記シンボルに対して設定される期間に含まれる前記複数の画像のそれぞれから抽出された前記特徴量の時系列順での変化から前記シンボルの値を復号する復号部と、
を有する受信装置。 - 前記撮像部により生成された複数の前記画像のそれぞれを複数の部分領域に分割する分割部をさらに有し、
前記特徴抽出部は、前記複数の画像のそれぞれについて、前記複数の部分領域のそれぞれから前記特徴量を抽出し、
前記復号部は、前記複数の画像のそれぞれの前記複数の部分領域のうち、同じ物体が写っている部分領域から抽出された前記特徴量の時系列順での変化から前記シンボルの値を復号する、請求項6に記載の受信装置。 - 前記復号部は、前記期間に含まれる前記複数の画像のそれぞれから抽出された前記特徴量を時系列順に並べたベクトルを時間周波数変換することで、前記シンボルの値に応じて変化する、前記送信装置が発する光の前記特性の変動周期に対応する周波数のスペクトル成分を求め、当該スペクトル成分から前記シンボルの値を復号する、請求項6または7に記載の受信装置。
- 送信装置と受信装置とを有する通信システムであって、
前記送信装置は、
発する光の特性を時系列に沿って変更可能な照明部と、
伝送する情報に含まれるシンボルに対して所定の期間を設定し、該期間内で前記シンボルの値に応じて前記照明部から発する光の特性を時系列に沿って変化させるよう前記照明部を制御する制御部と、
を有し、
前記受信装置は、
所定の撮影周期で前記送信装置からの光が照射された範囲の少なくとも一部を含む撮影範囲が写った画像を生成する撮像部と、
前記撮像部により生成された複数の前記画像のそれぞれから、前記光の特性を表す特徴量を抽出する特徴抽出部と、
前記シンボルに応じて設定される期間に含まれる前記複数の画像のそれぞれから抽出された前記特徴量の時系列順での変化から前記シンボルの値を復号する復号部と、
を有する通信システム。 - 伝送する情報に含まれるシンボルに対して所定の期間を設定し、
発する光の特性を時系列に沿って変更可能な照明部から発する光の特性を、前記期間内で前記シンボルの値に応じて時系列に沿って変化させるよう前記照明部を制御する、
ことを含む送信方法。 - 所定の撮影周期で撮影範囲が写った画像を生成し、
複数の前記画像のそれぞれから、伝送する情報に含まれるシンボルの値に応じて時系列に沿って変更される送信装置が発する光の特性を表す特徴量を抽出し、
前記シンボルに応じて設定される期間に含まれる前記複数の画像のそれぞれから抽出された前記特徴量の時系列順での変化から前記シンボルの値を復号する、
ことを含む受信方法。
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