Patent ID: 9341014
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: E05F,H04B,H04M

Claim Text:
1. An information communication method of transmitting a signal using a change in luminance, the information communication method comprising: determining a pattern of the change in luminance, by modulating the signal to be transmitted; and transmitting the signal, by a plurality of light emitters changing in luminance according to the determined pattern of the change in luminance, wherein the plurality of light emitters are arranged on a surface so that a non-luminance change area is provided between each of the plurality of light emitters, and does not extend linearly across the entire surface along at least one of a horizontal direction and a vertical direction of the surface, the non-luminance change area being an area in the surface between adjacent light emitters of the plurality of light emitters and not changing in luminance.