Communication apparatus and method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsNoriyuki Suzuki, Kazutoshi Shimada, Eisaku Tatsumi, Shinichi Sunakawa, Katsuhiko Nagasaki
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Abstract
A communication apparatus which can communicate by a proper light intensity and can prevent excessive electric power consumption without providing light intensity measuring means on the reception side is provided. There are also provided communication apparatus and method, in which after a CPU issued a first message, a light emission intensity of an infrared LED is changed by the CPU so as to become the optimum state in accordance with the presence or absence of the response of a second message that is performed in response to the first message.
Claims12
A communication apparatus for communicating with another apparatus using light, comprising:
- light emission intensity setting means for setting a light emission intensity of a light emitting device;
- message issuing means for issuing a first message in a plurality of light emission intensities set by said light emission intensity setting means;
- message receiving means for receiving a message from the another apparatus;
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- determining means for determining whether said message receiving means has received a second message from the another apparatus in response to the first message issued by said message issuing means,
- wherein in response to a determination by said determining means that said message receiving means has received the second message, said light emission intensity setting means sets the lowest one of the plurality of light emission intensities for subsequent communication.
A communication apparatus for communicating with another apparatus using light, comprising:
- light emission intensity setting means for setting a light emission intensity of a light emitting device;
- message issuing means for issuing a first message in the light emission intensity set by said light emission intensity setting means;
- message receiving means for receiving a message from the another apparatus;
- determining means for determining whether said message receiving means has received a second message from the another apparatus in response to the first message issued by said message issuing means;
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- memory means for storing, as a success intensity, the light emission intensity in which the first message was issued, in response to a determination by said determining means that said message receiving means has received the second message.
A communication method for communication between communication apparatuses using light, comprising the steps of:
- setting a plurality of light emission intensities of a light emitting device in a first communication apparatus;
- issuing a first message in the plurality of light emission intensities set by a light emission intensity setting means in the first communication apparatus;
- determining whether a second message has been received by the first communication apparatus from a second communication apparatus in response to the first message;
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- selecting the lowest one of the plurality of light emission intensities for subsequent communication when the determining step identifies that the second message has been received.
A communication method for communication between communication apparatuses using light, comprising the steps of:
- setting a first light emission intensity of a light emitting device in a first light communication apparatus;
- issuing a first message at the first light emission intensity set by light emission intensity setting means;
- determining whether the first light communication apparatus has received a second message from a second communication apparatus in response to the first message;
- storing the set first light emission intensity as a success intensity in the case where the second message is received in response to the first message and storing the set first light emission intensity as a failure intensity in the case where the second message is not received in response to the first message;
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- setting a second light emission intensity that is emitted after the first message issued at the first light emission intensity to a light emission intensity between the success intensity and failure intensity stored in said storing step.
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