US 12,352,881 B2
Method and electronic device for retrieving external device through positioning angle adjustment
Myeonghwan Nam, Suwon-si (KR); Doosuk Kang, Suwon-si (KR); Moonseok Kang, Suwon-si (KR); Hyunchul Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jiho Shin, Suwon-si (KR); Yi Yang, Suwon-si (KR); Jonghoon Jang, Suwon-si (KR); and Kunyoung Choi, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/900,357.
Application 17/900,357 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/011872, filed on Aug. 9, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0132258 (KR), filed on Oct. 6, 2021; and application No. 10-2022-0004694 (KR), filed on Jan. 12, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0108615 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. G01S 5/04 (2006.01); H04B 1/7163 (2011.01)
CPC G01S 5/04 (2013.01) [H04B 1/7163 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a display;
a communication module;
a memory storing instructions; and
a processor,
wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to:
perform ultra-wideband (UWB) communication through the communication module,
retrieve at least one external device corresponding to a perceivable range of the UWB communication, based at least in part on the UWB communication,
determine whether a configured condition comprising at least one of whether the retrieved external device is within a positioning angle smaller than the perceivable range, whether a number of the retrieved external device corresponds to a configured number, or whether a distance between the electronic device and the retrieved external device is a configured distance,
perform an operation related to the retrieved external device when the retrieved external device satisfies the configured condition, and
re-retrieve an external device by changing last one of an azimuth or an elevation of the positioning angle, when the retrieved external device does not satisfy the configured condition,
wherein the positioning angle is configured based at least in part on a table generated with a distance value, a received signal strength indication (RSSI), and a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and the positioning angle comprises the azimuth and/or the elevation.