Patent ID: 9515730
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: H04B,H04R

Claim Text:
1. A visible light communication terminal comprising: a light receiving unit configured to receive a visible light communication signal that is outputted from an external visible light transmitter, and convert the received signal to an electrical signal; an output unit configured to output information obtained from the visible light communication signal that is converted to the electrical signal by the light receiving unit to the outside; a power supply unit configured to supply electric power to the light receiving unit and the output unit; a housing body that houses the light receiving unit, the output unit, and the power supply unit; and an ear hooking part curved in an arc-like shape and attached at one end thereof to the housing body, and configured to fit the housing body to an auricle of an ear by being hooked onto the auricle and together with the housing body sandwiching the auricle therebetween, the light receiving unit being located on a portion of the housing body on an upper side thereof in a vertical direction in a state where the housing body is fitted to the auricle, the output unit including a loudspeaker configured to convert a sound signal generated based on the information into sound and output the sound, the loudspeaker being located vertically lower than the position of the one end with which the ear hooking part is attached to the body, in the state where the housing body is fitted to the auricle, a first projecting part being provided on a portion of the housing body on the upper side of the housing body in the vertical direction, so as to project toward a head of a user in the state where the housing body is fitted to the auricle of the user, the portion being on an opposite side of the position of the one end with which the ear hooking part is attached to the housing body from the loudspeaker, and the light receiving unit being housed in the first projecting part.