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US 2019/0356386 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for visible light communication
AssigneeYuyang Dnu Co., Ltd.
InventorsSangok KIM, Byungoh KIM, Sang-ho YOON, Seung-wan ROH, Seok-joo KOH, Sang Il CHOI
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Abstract
Disclosed are a visible light communication method and apparatus. It is one object of the present disclosure to provide an apparatus for generating data including a visible light communication device management protocol header to allow only a specific terminal to receive data transmitted by a lighting device using visible light communication, and a method therefor.
Claims9
A server for controlling a lighting device preconfigured to transmit data to a preconfigured terminal, the server comprising:
- a database configured to store an identifier of one or more lighting devices used for visible light communication and an identifier of a terminal;
- a data generator configured to generate data of a physical layer comprising a VLC Device Management Protocol (VDMP) header including an identifier of the preconfigured terminal, information to be transmitted to the preconfigured terminal, and a header of a higher layer;
- a controller configured to check the identifier of the preconfigured terminal in the database and controlling the data generator to generate the data of the physical layer including the identifier of the preconfigured terminal;
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- a communication unit configured to transmit the data of the physical layer to the preconfigured lighting device under control of the controller.
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A visible light lighting device comprising:
- a communication unit configured to receive, from a visible light communication (VLC) server, data of a first physical layer to be transmitted to a preconfigured terminal;
- a data analyzer configured to divide the data of the first physical layer into a header of a higher layer of the first physical layer, information to be transmitted to the preconfigured terminal, and a VLC Device Management Protocol (VDMP) header including an identifier of the preconfigured terminal, and analyzes the VDMP header to check the information included in the VDMP header;
- a data generator configured to regenerate data of a second physical layer comprising a VLC header including a part of information included in the VDMP header and the information to be transmitted to the preconfigured terminal;
- a controller configured to control the data generator to regenerate the data of the second physical layer comprising the part of the information included in the VDMP header and to control the data of the second physical layer to be transmitted;
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- a lighting unit configured to modulate the data of the second physical layer into the visible light signal under control of the controller.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.