US 12,332,366 B2
Electronic devices with motion sensing and angle of arrival detection circuitry
Tunc Ertan, Santa Clara, CA (US); Brent M. Ledvina, San Francisco, CA (US); Robert W. Brumley, San Jose, CA (US); Adam S. Meyer, Cupertino, CA (US); and Peter C. Tsoi, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/728,786.
Application 17/728,786 is a continuation of application No. 16/382,120, filed on Apr. 11, 2019, granted, now 11,320,509.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/658,738, filed on Apr. 17, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0252689 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. G01S 3/48 (2006.01); G01S 3/04 (2006.01)
CPC G01S 3/48 (2013.01) [G01S 3/043 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for sharing information between first and second electronic devices, wherein the first electronic device comprises first and second antennas, control circuitry, motion sensor circuitry, and a display, the method comprising:
with the first and second antennas, receiving signals from the second electronic device while the first electronic device is in first and second different positions;
with the motion sensor circuitry, gathering motion data as the first electronic device moves from the first position to the second position;
with the control circuitry, determining an angle of arrival of the signals based on the signals and the motion data; and
with the display, automatically displaying an option to share information with the second electronic device in response to determining the angle of arrival of the signals.