US 11,877,204 B2
Electronic apparatus and method for controlling function on basis of location and direction of object
Jungho Ahn, Suwon-si (KR); Yongjun Son, Suwon-si (KR); Saegee Oh, Suwon-si (KR); Jun Yoo, Suwon-si (KR); and Jaeil Joo, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Appl. No. 17/279,344
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
PCT Filed Sep. 27, 2019, PCT No. PCT/KR2019/012617
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 24, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/067785, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0116379 (KR), filed on Sep. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0409896 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 4/021 (2013.01) [H04W 4/026 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/80 (2018.02)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a wireless communication circuit comprising a broadband communication module and a Bluetooth communication module;
a processor; and
a memory operably connected to the wireless communication circuit and the processor,
wherein the memory stores instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to:
measure a distance between a mobile device and the electronic device based on a first signal transmitted or received through the broadband communication module,
determine a direction in which the mobile device is located according to whether a second signal transmitted or received through the Bluetooth communication module is measurable, and
control execution of a function of the electronic device when a location of the mobile device is in a first direction and a condition that the measured distance is located in an area configured for execution of the function is satisfied, and
wherein the instructions are configured to cause the processor to, as an operation of measuring the distance between the mobile device and the electronic device,
identify a time difference between transmission and reception times of the first signal by comparing the transmission time, at which the electronic device transmits the first signal, and the reception time, at which the first signal is received from the mobile device,
measure the distance between the electronic device and the mobile device based on signal speeds and the time difference, and
track the location and a movement of the mobile device based on a change in difference values of the measured distance.