Presentation 2019-01-16
[Encouragement Talk] IoTorch: Intuitively Obtaining Information from Devices in Visible Region by LED-to-Camera Communication
Yuki Hokazono, Koichi Hasegawa, Yoshiaki Narusue, Aoi Koizuka, Makoto Suzuki, Hiroyuki Morikawa,
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Abstract(in English) Towards ``intuitive'' communication, which allows a user to directly obtain information from a device in the user interest, we are developing IoTorch, a flexible LED-to-camera communication for smartphones. IoTorch has two communication modes: 1) a long-range mode that supports several 10 bps of transmission even when an LED appears only few pixels to a smartphone, and 2) a short-range mode that supports several 1000~bps when an LED occupies an entire screen of a smartphone. In a long-range mode, IoTorch can receive the information regardless of the time at which the camera is started by adding information to the differential color shift between consecutive frames. On the other hand, in a short-range mode, IoTorch realizes fast and reliable communication by a minimum-repetition one-way transmission method considering characteristics of a rolling shutter system. By combining these modes, the user can specify a desired information source through the screen of the smartphone from long-range, and can obtain detailed information by approaching the device. The experimental results using multiple smartphone models show that IoTorch can be used regardless of the models.
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Keyword(in English) LED-to-camera communication for smartphones / rolling shutter / visible-light communication
Paper # MoNA2018-61
Date of Issue 2019-01-09 (MoNA)

Conference Information
Committee MoNA
Conference Date 2019/1/16(2days)
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Place (in English) T. B. D.
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Chair Ryoichi Shinkuma(Kyoto Univ.)
Vice Chair Shigeaki Tagashira(Kansai Univ.) / Gen Kitagata(Tohoku Univ.)
Secretary Shigeaki Tagashira(Kyushu Univ.) / Gen Kitagata(NEC)
Assistant Ken Usui(KDDI Research) / Kenji Kanai(Waseda Univ.)

Paper Information
Registration To Technical Committee on Mobile Network and Applications
Language JPN
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Title (in English) [Encouragement Talk] IoTorch: Intuitively Obtaining Information from Devices in Visible Region by LED-to-Camera Communication
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) LED-to-camera communication for smartphones
Keyword(2) rolling shutter
Keyword(3) visible-light communication
1st Author's Name Yuki Hokazono
1st Author's Affiliation Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo(Tokyo Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Koichi Hasegawa
2nd Author's Affiliation Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo(Tokyo Univ.)
3rd Author's Name Yoshiaki Narusue
3rd Author's Affiliation Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo(Tokyo Univ.)
4th Author's Name Aoi Koizuka
4th Author's Affiliation KDDI Research, Inc.(KDDI Research, Inc.)
5th Author's Name Makoto Suzuki
5th Author's Affiliation Sonas, Inc.(Sonas, Inc.)
6th Author's Name Hiroyuki Morikawa
6th Author's Affiliation Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo(Tokyo Univ.)
Date 2019-01-16
Paper # MoNA2018-61
Volume (vol) vol.118
Number (no) MoNA-389
Page pp.pp.25-25(MoNA),
#Pages 1
Date of Issue 2019-01-09 (MoNA)