POSITIONING METHOD USING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20240230884A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-11

    申请号:US18615304

    申请日:2024-03-25

    CPC classification number: G01S13/876 G01S13/765

    Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure may include: a communication circuit, and at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry, electrically coupled to the communication circuit. At least one processor, individually and/or collectively, may be configured to: receive via the communication circuit an advertising frame transmitted by a first external electronic device, transmit a first request signal, requesting a second external electronic device to receive the advertising frame from the first external electronic device, to the second external electronic device via the communication circuit in response to receiving the advertising frame from the first external electronic device, obtain advertisement result response data, including first timestamp information on a timing at which the second external electronic device receives the advertising frame transmitted by the first external electronic device, from the second external electronic device via the communication circuit, obtain location data including location information of the second external electronic device with respect to the electronic device, based on performing ranging using Ultra-Wideband (UWB) communication with the second external electronic device, and identify a location of the first external electronic device with respect to the electronic device, based on the advertisement result response data and the location data.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DETERMINING ANGLE-OF-ARRIVAL OF SIGNAL, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING ELECTRONIC DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20240175962A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-30

    申请号:US18431487

    申请日:2024-02-02

    CPC classification number: G01S3/043 G01S3/023

    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an ultra-wideband (UWB) communication circuit including at least one antenna for acquiring signals from an external electronic device, a processor operatively connected with the UWB communications circuit, and memory operatively connected with the processor. The memory may store one or more instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to obtain at least one signal from the at least one antenna, determine a phase-difference-of-arrival of the at least one signal, obtain information related to the state of the electronic device, obtain a calibration value corresponding to the obtained state information of the electronic device from the memory, and determine the angle-of-arrival of the at least one signal based on the phase-difference-of-arrival of the at least one signal and the calibration value.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING POSITIONING COMMUNICATION

    公开(公告)号:US20230283985A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-07

    申请号:US18317638

    申请日:2023-05-15

    CPC classification number: H04W4/023 H04B1/7163 H04B7/0404

    Abstract: Example embodiments include an electronic device and a method for operating an electronic device. The electronic device includes an ultra-wide band (UWB) antenna including directional antennas disposed on a rear surface of the electronic device and at least one omnidirectional antenna. The electronic device further includes a communication circuit configured to transmit and/or receive radio frequency (RF) signals of a frequency band designated to be used for UWB communication, through the UWB antenna, with an external electronic device. The electronic device further includes a processor configured to calculate a first distance value and a second distance value, and to determine, based on a distance difference between the first distance value and the second distance value, whether the external electronic device exists within a field of view (FoV) indicating a specified angular range with respect to the direction to which the rear surface faces.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF ESTIMATING CHANNEL IMPULSE RESPONSE

    公开(公告)号:US20230164001A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-25

    申请号:US18095750

    申请日:2023-01-11

    CPC classification number: H04L25/0206 H04L25/0212 H04B1/71637

    Abstract: In one embodiment, an electronic device may include a plurality of antennas, at least one wireless communication module configured to transmit and receive wireless signals through the plurality of antennas, and at least one processor operatively connected to the wireless communication module. The at least one wireless communication module or the at least one processor may be configured to, based on one or more ultra-wide band (UWB) signals received from a target device, obtain first pieces of phase information corresponding to first channel impulse response (CIR) indices and second pieces of phase information corresponding to second CIR indices, and determine information on the one or more UWB signals based on a slope between the first pieces of phase information and a slope between the second pieces of phase information.

    PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE PROVIDING POSITIONING COMMUNICATION THROUGH UWB COMMUNICATION CHANNEL

    公开(公告)号:US20230117010A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-20

    申请号:US17941769

    申请日:2022-09-09

    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first wireless communication circuit configured to perform ultra wide band (UWB) communication; a second wireless communication circuit configured to perform different wireless communication; and a processor configured to: perform first UWB communication for position detection through a first UWB communication channel with a plurality of first external electronic devices using the first wireless communication circuit, detect a first event corresponding to a handover of the position detection to a second external electronic device while the first UWB communication is performed, and based on the first event, stop the position detection through the first UWB communication channel, and transmit communication information to the second external electronic device using the second wireless communication circuit, wherein the communication information is used by the second external electronic device to perform a second UWB communication with the plurality of first external electronic devices.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION RELATED TO DISTANCE MEASUREMENT AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20230052144A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-16

    申请号:US17966410

    申请日:2022-10-14

    Abstract: According to various example embodiments of the present invention, an electronic device may comprise: a sensor module; a first communication circuit supporting a first communication scheme; a low-power processor; and a processor operatively connected to the sensor module, the first communication circuit, and the low-power processor, wherein the first communication circuit transmits a request signal related to a state of the electronic device to the low-power processor on the basis of distance measurement-related information provided from the processor, receives information related to the state of the electronic device from the low-power processor in response to the request signal, and measures a distance to an external electronic device on the basis of the information related to the state of the electronic device. Other embodiments may also be possible.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD USING UWB SIGNAL

    公开(公告)号:US20230003866A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-05

    申请号:US17857525

    申请日:2022-07-05

    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an antenna module, a communication module configured to control the antenna module, and at least one processor operatively connected to the communication module, wherein the at least one processor transmits a ultra-wide band (UWB) signal including a first data frame, receives, based on the transmitted first data frame, a reflected first data frame, obtains a first channel impulse response by using the reflected first data frame, acquires information by using the channel impulse response, and receives a UWB signal including a second data frame from an external electronic device in response to the transmitted first data frame.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING ANTENNAS

    公开(公告)号:US20220247073A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-04

    申请号:US17727190

    申请日:2022-04-22

    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a first antenna and a second antenna which are disposed near at least one edge of the housing inside the housing and a first distance away from each other, wherein the first antenna and second antenna are positioned different distances away from an edge vertical to the one edge, a communication circuit operatively connected to the first antenna and second antenna, at least one sensor, a processor, and a memory. The memory can store instructions which, when executed, enable the processor to identify the posture of the electronic device by means of at least one sensor, if the identified posture of the electronic device is a landscape state, determine the position of at least one external electronic device on the basis of at least one signal received from the at least one external electronic device, and, if the identified posture of the electronic device is a portrait state, determine the position of an external electronic device on the basis of a signal received from the external electronic device positioned in a direction which is determined on the basis of the placements of the first antenna and second antenna among the at least one external electronic device.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE SHARING KEY WITH EXTERNAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20210194679A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-24

    申请号:US16960368

    申请日:2019-03-14

    Abstract: In an electronic device and an operating method for the electronic device according to various embodiments, the electronic device may comprise: a processor; at least one communication module supporting wireless communication; and a security module having an applet installed therein so as to store and manage a shared key to be transmitted to a first external electronic device and an authentication key used to perform authentication with a second external electronic device, wherein the processor is configured to: receive a request for transmission of the authentication key to the first external electronic device; transmit, to the security module, information for generation of the shared key and a command to generate the shared key; perform control such that the security module generates the shared key on the basis of the information for generation of the shared key; and perform control such that the security module transmits, to the first external electronic device, the generated shared key and information associated with the generated shared key. Various other embodiments are possible.

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