Abstract: An object is to provide a data collection device and the like capable of reducing a load on an IoT terminal in metadata transmission and power consumption associated with the metadata transmission. In the present invention, a controller is provided on a data collection side that collects metadata, the metadata transmitted from an IoT terminal is grasped, and the IoT terminal is instructed to reduce the transmission frequency of metadata that does not need high real-time property according to a sensor, the type of the IoT terminal, or the like. The IoT terminal transmits the metadata only at a window time (transmission timing, data size, metadata type, or the like) permitted by the metadata controller. As a result, the IoT terminal transmits the metadata only at a limited timing, and thus can reduce a transmission load and power consumption.

Abstract: An objective is to provide a terminal device, a communication method, and a communication system in which the time taken by connection operations/authentication operations does not increase proportionally with the pattern length, even if the transmitting side and the receiving side are not synchronized. A terminal device, a communication method, and a communication system according to the present invention create n pieces of signal information (n-bit patterns) by sequentially shifting each bit of a single piece of received signal information (n-bit pattern) one bit at a time. Through the above, signal information time-shifted by one bit each is obtained. Thus, even if the transmitting side and the receiving side are not synchronized, one of the n pieces of signal information is a signal synchronized with the transmitting side. Thereafter, the signal synchronized with the transmitting side can be detected by a brute-force calculation with the patterns (ID information) in the list.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to reduce a system load imbalance between APs and unfairness in communication quality between users subordinate to each AP.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a position estimation system capable of grasping position information of a plurality of wireless devices without using an external device such as a fixed beacon or a GPS, a position estimation method, a wireless device, and an analysis device. A position estimation system according to the present invention includes a plurality of wireless devices 11 and an analysis device 12, wherein the wireless devices 11 are each configured to: send beacon signals; transfer the beacon signals between the wireless devices 11 in a range that the beacon signals reach; update flags indicating transfer histories of the beacon signals at the time of transfer; and discard beacon signals sent by own wireless devices upon reception thereof.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to collectively collect sensing data and metadata regarding normality of equipment by utilizing light communication protocol. The present disclosure is a system that collects sensing data from a sensor terminal in a data collection unit using a data collection network, the sensor terminal including a detection unit configured to detect metadata regarding internal information of the sensor terminal other than a sensor device that detects sensing data and equipment information and transmitting the metadata detected by the detection unit using an extended area or an optional area defined in communication protocol for transmitting the sensing data or the equipment information in a frame defined in the communication protocol, and the data collection unit associating the sensing data, the equipment information, and the metadata on the basis of information for identifying the sensor terminal described in the frame.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a remote rendering system, an image processing method, a server device, and a program capable of efficiently performing pre-rendering, reducing a delay in displaying an image to a user, and reducing a deviation between a line-of-sight direction of the user and a rendered image.

Abstract: A location information transmitter transmits location information within a prescribed area. An IoT terminal receives the location information and transmits the location information and a device identifier. An address setting management device receives the location information and the device identifier and sets an IP address to be assigned to the IoT terminal on the basis of the location information and the device identifier and transmits the IP address to the IoT terminal. The IoT terminal sets the IP address received from the address setting management device for itself.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a monitoring system including an edge processing apparatus including a space distinct ID management database, a space distinct ID control unit, a storage unit, an analysis unit, and an abnormality determination unit, and a controller, a transmitter, and a camera with sensor that are installed in a location to be monitored, in which the space distinct ID management database stores a space distinct ID and a transmission time of the space distinct ID in association with the location to be monitored, the space distinct ID control unit acquires the space distinct ID associated with the location to be monitored from the space distinct ID management database and transmits the space distinct ID that is acquired to the controller in the associated location to be monitored, the controller transmits the space distinct ID acquired from the space distinct ID control unit to the transmitter, the transmitter generates a signal based on the space distinct ID acquired from the controller and di

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to make already installed smart lightings available as optical base stations as they are without modifying them, and perform connection/authentication control for RF communication using an optical signal sent out from the optical base stations.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to inform a user of a safe evacuation guidance route in real time using smart lightings without deploying dedicated evacuation guidance facilities. The present disclosure is a wireless communication system including: one or more wireless base stations that wirelessly communicate with a terminal; a plurality of optical base stations that transmit an optical signal to the terminal; and a base station control device that controls the optical signal transmitted by the optical base stations, wherein the base station control device collects environment information around the optical base stations, detects a disaster around the optical base stations using the collected environment information, and when detecting a disaster, causes the optical base station installed at a position close to a disaster occurrence location and the optical base station installed at a position far from the disaster occurrence location to output light of different colors.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a communication system and a communication method that can avoid network congestion using a simple approach. The communication system of the present invention is characterized in that a time distribution server that transmits time information to terminals distributes a time different from the standard time for each terminal, and the terminal performs communication on the basis of the distributed time, and further characterized in that, for a time synchronizing packet transmitted from a time distribution server on the Internet to a terminal, a node or the like in the middle of the path performs transfer control or rewrites the packet, thereby causing the terminal to recognize a different time, and the terminal performs communication on the basis of the time.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a data collection system capable of collecting various pieces of metadata other than sensing data and instrument information by existing communication protocols and associating the sensing data, the instrument information, and the metadata with each other without errors.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a data collection system and a data collection method which are capable of collecting sensing data and various pieces of metadata by a single communication protocol and capable of associating the sensing data with the metadata without errors. A data collection system 301 of the present disclosure is a data collection system that performs communication from a terminal 11 to a data collection unit 12 by a standardized communication protocol (LLDP or HTIP), in which the terminal 11 stores sensing data detected by a sensor device in an extended field different from a field in which metadata is stored, within a frame specified by the communication protocol, and the data collection unit 12 associates the sensing data with the metadata based on information for identifying the terminal described in the frame.

Abstract: An objective is to provide a terminal device, a communication method, and a communication system in which the time taken by connection operations/authentication operations does not increase proportionally with the pattern length, even if the transmitting side and the receiving side are not synchronized. A terminal device, a communication method, and a communication system according to the present invention create n pieces of signal information (n-bit patterns) by sequentially shifting each bit of a single piece of received signal information (n-bit pattern) one bit at a time. Through the above, signal information time-shifted by one bit each is obtained. Thus, even if the transmitting side and the receiving side are not synchronized, one of the n pieces of signal information is a signal synchronized with the transmitting side. Thereafter, the signal synchronized with the transmitting side can be detected by a brute-force calculation with the patterns (ID information) in the list.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a terminal device, a communication method, and a communication system which are capable of reducing the error rate even if the transmitting side and the receiving side are asynchronous. The terminal device, communication method, and communication system according to the present invention sample an optical signal more finely than a 0/1 bit pattern in optical ID estimation processing for determining which of 1/0 the data acquired by an optical sensor is, and perform a majority decision using a plurality of sampling values in a decision processing window. Thus, even if the correct sampling value fails to be obtained, the correct bit value can be derived from other samplings.

Abstract: An object is to provide a terminal device, a communication method, and a communication system which are capable of acquiring accurate optical ID information regardless of the position of the terminal device and the light receiving angle. The terminal device, the communication method, and the communication system according to the present invention each sets a threshold value for the illuminance of a received optical signal by using a moving average method, a weighted moving average method, or an exponential moving average, so that the optical signal can be binarized with a threshold value according to a change in the position of the terminal device, the light receiving angle, or the like. Information from other sensors may be used to set the threshold value.

Abstract: A delay measurement device that is to be connected, via a communication network, to a rendering server that performs rendering processing on an image, includes: transmission means for transmitting, to the rendering server, sensor information acquired from a sensor included in the delay measurement device and trigger information acquired in a predetermined time period; receiving means for receiving a rendered image generated through the rendering processing performed in the rendering server based on the sensor information and the trigger information; and measurement means for measuring a predetermined delay based on a difference between a first time indicating a time when the trigger information was transmitted to the rendering server and a second time indicating a time when the rendered image or a predetermined image was displayed.

Abstract: A packet transfer apparatus is configured to perform packet exchange processing for exchanging multiple continuous packets with low delay while maintaining fairness between communication flows of the same priority level. The packet transfer apparatus includes: a packet classification unit; queues that holds the classified packets for each classification; and a dequeue processing unit that extracts packets from the queues. The dequeue processing unit includes a scheduling unit that controls the packet extraction amount extracted from the queue for a specific communication flow based on information on the amount of data that is requested by the communication flow and is to be continuously transmitted in packets.

Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a wireless base station device delivers, to a wireless terminal device, an optical ID having a simple configuration in accordance with a pre-stored optical ID correspondence list; and the wireless terminal device selects connection authentication information corresponding to the received optical ID from a pre-stored optical ID correspondence list, and transmits predetermined authentication information to the wireless base station device through a predetermined connection method by RF wireless. Upon confirming that the received authentication information matches authentication information corresponding to an optical ID in the optical ID correspondence list, the wireless base station device permits information communication between the wireless terminal device and a higher-level network.

Abstract: Provided is a packet transfer apparatus configured to per form packet exchange processing for exchanging multiple continuous packets with low delay while maintaining fairness between communication flows of the same priority level. A packet transfer apparatus 100 includes: a packet classification unit 120; queues 130 that holds the classified packets for each classification; and a dequeue processing unit 140 that extracts packets from the queues 130. The dequeue processing unit 140 includes a scheduling unit 141 that controls the packet extraction amount extracted from the queue 130 for a specific communication flow based on information on the amount of data that is requested by the communication flow and is to be continuously transmitted in packets.