Patent Document ID: 20160269608
Application ID: 15161657
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a processor; and a recording medium having a program, the program causing the processor to execute operations including providing a normal mode and a visible light communication mode, wherein the normal mode and the visible light communication mode are switchable, in the normal mode, obtaining first image data by image capture with a first exposure time by sequentially starting exposure for a plurality of exposure lines in an image sensor each at a different time and each of the plurality of exposure lines partially overlaps in exposure time an adjacent exposure line, in the visible light communication mode, (i) setting a second exposure time of the image sensor so that, in an image obtained by capturing a subject by the image sensor, a plurality of bright lines corresponding to the plurality of exposure lines included in the image sensor appear according to a change in luminance of the subject, (ii) obtaining a bright line image including the plurality of bright lines, by capturing the subject changing in luminance by the image sensor with the set second exposure time by sequentially starting exposure for the plurality of exposure lines in the image sensor each at the different time and each of the plurality of exposure lines partially overlaps in exposure time the adjacent exposure line, and (iii) obtaining information by demodulating data specified by a pattern of the plurality of bright lines included in the obtained bright line image, wherein, the second exposure time is longer than a transition time of the change in luminance of the subject, the transition time indicating a time for change in luminance of the subject from a high brightness to a low brightness.