Apparatus and method for switching mode in a location based service system using visible light communication
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsTae-Han Bae, Eun-Tae Won, Jae-Seung Son, Do-Young Kim
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Abstract
A method and a lighting device for providing a Location Based Service (LBS) service that is based on Visible Light Communication (VLC) in the lighting device is provided. The method includes receiving, from a terminal, a data request needed to perform an LBS service; and transmitting data to the terminal, the data including identification information of the lighting device, which is used by the terminal to identify a location of the lighting device and a location of the terminal located in the position corresponding to the lighting device.
Claims12
A lighting device for providing a Location Based Service (LBS) service that is based on Visible Light Communication (VLC), comprising:
- a controller for controlling data to be transmitted to a terminal, the data including identification information of the lighting device that corresponds to location information of the lighting device, which is used by the terminal to identify a location of the lighting device by comparing the location information corresponding to the identification information of the lighting device with pre-stored map information stored in the terminal and controlling a VLC transmitter to transmit the data in a form of a VLC signal.
A method for providing a Location Based Service (LBS) service that is based on Visible Light Communication (VLC) in a lighting device, comprising:
- receiving, from a terminal, a data request needed to perform an LBS service;
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- transmitting data to the terminal, the data including identification information of the lighting device that corresponds to a location of the identification of the lighting device, which is used by the terminal to identify a location of the lighting device by comparing the location information corresponding to the identification information of the lighting device with pre-stored map information stored in the terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.