US 12,438,627 B2
Ultra-wideband enabled one-for-all smart remote
Ju Wang, Brossard (CA); Xue Liu, Montreal (CA); and Gregory Lewis Dudek, Westmount (CA)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/965,360.
Prior Publication US 2024/0129048 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 72/30 (2023.01)
CPC H04B 17/318 (2015.01) [H04W 72/30 (2023.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of ultra-wideband (UWB) remote control to be performed by a remote control device, comprising:
broadcasting an initial control request;
receiving, from one or more remote devices in response to the initial control request, at least one reply message comprising identification information and power spectrum information of a corresponding remote device of the one or more remote devices, the power spectrum information having been generated based on at least the initial control request;
estimating, using a neural network-based algorithm, for each remote device of the one or more remote devices an angle indicating a pointing direction to that remote device relative to the remote control device, based at least on the power spectrum information;
determining, based at least on the angle of each remote device of the one or more remote devices, a selected remote device that is being pointed at by the remote control device; and
sending, to the one or more remote devices, a control signal comprising the identification information of the selected remote device and a control message indicating an action to be performed by the selected remote device.