Presentation 2018-01-30
LED-to-Camera Communication Mechanism Based on Flash Blinks against Inter-Frame Gaps and Frame Drops
Yuki Hokazono, Aoi Koizuka, Makoto Suzuki, Yoshiaki Narusue, Hiroyuki Morikawa,
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Abstract(in English) LED-to-camera communication for smartphones is promising to enable low-cost, small-size, and intuitive data access to IoT devices. For fast and reliable communication under the rolling shutter effect, it is necessary to deal with packet losses due to inter-frame gaps and frame drops. In this paper, we present IoTorch, a fast and reliable LED-to-camera communication which efficiently prevents these packet losses. IoTorch consists of two core mechanisms: 1) a packet retransmission strategy focusing on periodicity of inter-frame gaps, and 2) an ACK mechanism against frame drops using a smartphone's built-in flash focusing on its delay characteristic. In addition, IoTorch is capable of low-power implementation by data transmission trigger using flash. The experimental results using multiple smartphone models show that IoTorch achieves more than 14x throughput of previous works without data losses.
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Keyword(in English) LED-to-camera communication for smartphones / Rolling shutter effect / Visible light communication
Paper # ASN2017-95
Date of Issue 2018-01-23 (ASN)

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Committee ASN
Conference Date 2018/1/30(2days)
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Place (in English) Yufugo-kan (Oita)
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Topics (in English) Ambient intelligence, Sensor networks, etc.
Chair Hiraku Okada(Nagoya Univ.)
Vice Chair Shigeki Shiokawa(KAIT) / Jin Nakazawa(Keio Univ.) / Satoru Yamano(NEC)
Secretary Shigeki Shiokawa(NICT) / Jin Nakazawa(Sophia Univ.) / Satoru Yamano
Assistant Hiroto Aida(Doshisha Univ.) / Tomoyuki Ota(Hiroshima City Univ.) / Tatsuya Kikuzuki(Fujitu Lab.) / Ryo Nakano(HITACHI) / Yoshifumi Hotta(Mitsubishi Electric)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Ambient intelligence and Sensor Networks
Language JPN
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Title (in English) LED-to-Camera Communication Mechanism Based on Flash Blinks against Inter-Frame Gaps and Frame Drops
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) LED-to-camera communication for smartphones
Keyword(2) Rolling shutter effect
Keyword(3) Visible light communication
1st Author's Name Yuki Hokazono
1st Author's Affiliation Tokyo University(Tokyo Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Aoi Koizuka
2nd Author's Affiliation Tokyo University(Tokyo Univ.)
3rd Author's Name Makoto Suzuki
3rd Author's Affiliation Tokyo University(Tokyo Univ.)
4th Author's Name Yoshiaki Narusue
4th Author's Affiliation Tokyo University(Tokyo Univ.)
5th Author's Name Hiroyuki Morikawa
5th Author's Affiliation Tokyo University(Tokyo Univ.)
Date 2018-01-30
Paper # ASN2017-95
Volume (vol) vol.117
Number (no) ASN-426
Page pp.pp.71-76(ASN),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2018-01-23 (ASN)