US 11,863,340 B2
Method and system for controlling home appliance
Joonsik Jun, Suwon-si (KR); and Heungryong Oh, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/944,808.
Application 17/944,808 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/013672, filed on Sep. 14, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0122773 (KR), filed on Sep. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0083403 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04L 12/2809 (2013.01) [H04L 12/2827 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04L 2012/2841 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, performed by a server device, of controlling a home appliance, the method comprising:
receiving a distance measurement request signal from a user equipment;
transmitting, based on the received distance measurement request signal, an ultra-wideband (UWB) communication module activation signal to the user equipment and a second home appliance that includes a UWB antenna;
receiving, from the second home appliance, a location measurement value of the user equipment measured with respect to the second home appliance, the location measurement value being based on a UWB signal between the user equipment and the second home appliance;
determining location information about the user equipment, based on the location measurement value of the user equipment;
receiving, from a first home appliance that does not include a UWB antenna, information about the first home appliance; and
registering the first home appliance in the server device, based on the received information about the first home appliance and the location information about the user equipment.