Method for performing discovery in wireless communication system and device therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10299104-B2
Application number	US-201615545223-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 20, 2016
Priority date	Jan 20, 2015
Publication date	May 21, 2019
Grant date	May 21, 2019

Abstract

This specification relates to a method for performing discovery in a wireless communication system. The method is performed by a first device, and includes turning on a direction-based discovery mode, obtains a first direction information related to a user from a second device, wherein the first direction information is information indicative of the progress direction of the user or the view direction of the user, exchanges a second direction information related to the locations of one or more peripheral devices with a third device, and performs discovery for a peripheral device existing in a specific direction among the peripheral devices based on the first direction information and the second direction information.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for performing discovery in a wireless communication system, the method performed by a first device and comprising:
turning on a direction-based discovery mode;
obtaining first direction information including a view direction of a user from a second device, wherein the second device includes a geomagnetic sensor for measuring the view direction of the user;
exchanging second direction information related to locations of one or more peripheral devices with a third device; and
performing discovery for a peripheral device existing in the view direction of the user among the peripheral devices based on the first direction information and the second direction information,
wherein the exchanging the second direction information comprises:
requesting reference direction information which is a criterion for determining a direction in which the peripheral devices are located to the third device;
receiving the reference direction information from the third device;
transmitting a location information request message for requesting the second direction information to the third device; and
receiving a location information response message from the third device in response to the location information request message.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the obtaining of the first direction information comprises:
transmitting a direction request message for requesting the first direction information to the second device; and
receiving a direction response message from the second device in response to the direction request message.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first direction information and the second direction information comprise at least one of a direction parameter or a direction angle parameter.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the obtaining the first direction information comprises:
receiving the first direction information from the second device at specific time intervals.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the direction parameter is one of north, south, east, west, northeast, northwest, southeast or southwest.

6. The method of claim 3 , wherein the direction angle parameter has a value of 0 to 360 degrees.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the peripheral devices comprise light-emitting diode (LED) lamps, and
the LED lamps form a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) mesh group.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising performing BLE connection with an LED lamp in the view direction of the user,
wherein the BLE-connected LED lamp exchanges information for indicating a specific direction with other lamps within an identical BLE mesh group.

9. A first device for performing discovery in a wireless communication system, the first device comprising:
a transceiver; and
a processor functionally connected to the transceiver,
wherein the processor is configured to:
turn on a direction-based discovery mode,
obtain first direction information including a view direction of a user from a second device,
wherein the second device includes a geomagnetic sensor for measuring the view direction of the user,
exchange second direction information related to locations of one or more peripheral devices with a third device, and
perform control so that discovery is performed on a peripheral device existing in the view direction of the user among the peripheral devices based on the first direction information and the second direction information,
wherein the exchanging the second direction information comprises:
requesting reference direction information which is a criterion for determining a direction in which the peripheral devices are located to the third device;
controlling the transceiver to receive the reference direction information from the third device;
controlling the transceiver to transmit a location information request message for requesting the second direction information to the third device; and
controlling the transceiver to receive a location information response message from the third device in response to the location information request message.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Lim Jinkwon
• Choi Jingu

Classifications

• H04W4/026

  using orientation information, e.g. compass · CPC title

• H04W4/02

  Services making use of location information · CPC title

• H04W4/80

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title

• G01C17/28

  Electromagnetic compasses (with north seeking magnetic elements and having electric pick-offs G01C17/26) · CPC title

• H04W8/005 Primary

  Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals · CPC title