US 12,133,177 B2
Electronic device and method for controlling transmission power thereof
Seokwoo Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Hokyung Kang, Suwon-si (KR); Yundong Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Bowoong Seo, Suwon-si (KR); Hyunchul Oh, Suwon-si (KR); and Hyunsuk Choi, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/497,722.
Application 17/497,722 is a continuation of application No. 16/845,596, filed on Apr. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,147,026.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0042624 (KR), filed on Apr. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0030524 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 52/28 (2009.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC H04W 52/28 (2013.01) [H04M 1/0214 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for controlling transmission power of an electronic device, the method comprising:
measuring an angle of a foldable housing of the electronic device using an angle sensor connected to a hinge structure connecting between a first housing structure and a second housing structure of the foldable housing;
determining a type of the electronic device corresponding to a range in which the measured angle is included;
determining whether the electronic device is gripped by a human body based on change in a capacitance with a distance between the electronic device and the human body; and
in response to determining that the electronic device is gripped by the human body, adjusting transmission power of a wireless communication circuit of the electronic device based at least in part on the determined type of the electronic device,
wherein adjusting the transmission power of the wireless communication circuit comprises:
selecting a power parameter corresponding to the determined type of the electronic device and a detected distance from a lookup table that maps the transmission power with the type of the electronic device and a distance; and
transmitting, by the wireless communication circuit, a wireless signal as the transmission power corresponding the selected power parameter.