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US 2019/0356387 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for managing visible light communication devices
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
A visible light communication device management method and apparatus are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, an object of the present disclosure is to provide an apparatus and method for checking and managing a membership of a terminal, such as a communication state and a location of a terminal managed by the server.
Claims8
A lighting device for checking state information about one or more terminals used for visible light communication, comprising:
- a communication unit configured to receive a first management message to be transmitted to the terminals from a server and a response message for a second management message from some or all of the terminals;
- a data manager configured to:
- divide the first management message and the response message for the second management message into a header and a payload, and check information included in the header or payload;
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- regenerate the second management message having a header containing a part of information included in the header of the first management message and a payload containing information for instructing only a preset terminal to respond;
- a lighting unit configured to modulate the second management message into a visible light signal and transmit the visible light signal to the one or more terminals;
- a controller configured to generate a management list for a preset terminal set to respond to the second management message and update the management list using the response message to the second management message;
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- a database configured to store identifiers of the one or more terminals and the management list.
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