Method for transceiving data in bluetooth network environment and electronic device thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12034547-B2
Application number	US-202017136561-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 29, 2020
Priority date	Dec 31, 2019
Publication date	Jul 9, 2024
Grant date	Jul 9, 2024

Abstract

Disclosed is an electronic device including: a first communication circuit configured to support wireless communication, a second communication circuit configured to support Bluetooth communication, a processor operatively connected to the first communication circuit and the second communication circuit, and a memory operatively connected to the processor. The processor may be configured to control the electronic device to: create a link with a first device based on a synchronous connection protocol using the second communication circuit, receive, from the first device via the link, second data obtained by the first device on a second time slot among a plurality of time slots of a transmission/reception period of the link, receive third data including additional data for the second data within a retransmission window configured for data retransmission among the plurality of time slots, and transmit audio data generated based on the second data and the third data to an external electronic device using the first communication circuit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a first communication circuit configured to support wireless communication;
a second communication circuit configured to support Bluetooth communication;
at least one processor operatively connected to the first communication circuit and the second communication circuit; and
a memory operatively connected to the at least one processor,
wherein the memory stores one or more instructions to be executed by the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is collectively and/or individually configured to control the electronic device to:
establish a Bluetooth link with an external audio device comprising a first external audio device and a second external audio device based on a synchronous connection protocol using the second communication circuit,
perform a call with an external phone device over a cellular network using the first communication circuit,
receive, using the first communication circuit, first voice data from the external phone device over the cellular network,
transmit, using the second communication circuit, first audio data on a first time slot among a plurality of time slots of a first transmission/reception period of the Bluetooth link to the first external audio device via the Bluetooth link, the first audio data including the first voice data,
receive, via the Bluetooth link from the first external audio device, second audio data on a second time slot among the plurality of time slots, the second audio data being obtained by the first external audio device,
receive, via the Bluetooth link from the second external audio device, additional data associated with the second audio data within a retransmission time slot among the plurality of time slots, the additional data obtained by the second external audio when the second audio data was obtained and including information for enhancing the second audio data,
generate enhanced second audio data by enhancing sound quality of the second audio data using the additional data associated with the second audio data, and
transmit second voice data to the external phone device over the cellular network using the first communication circuit, the second voice data including the enhanced second audio data.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more instructions, when executed, cause the at least one processor to control the electronic device to: transmit, to the first external audio device, information indicating whether the additional data is supported when creating the link with the external audio device.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the information indicating whether the additional data is supported includes codec information used in audio data of the Bluetooth link.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more instructions, when executed, cause the at least one processor to control the electronic device to: retransmit the first audio data to the first external audio device over the Bluetooth link within a retransmission window of the first transmission/reception period based on the second audio data not being received on the second time slot or the second audio data including negative acknowledgement being received.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the additional data includes audio data of an audio channel different from that of the second audio data.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the additional data includes audio data of a time interval at least partially different from that of the second audio data in a time domain.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more instructions, when executed, cause the at least one processor to control the electronic device to: transmit, to the first external audio device, additional data for enhancing sound quality of the first audio data within a retransmission window of the first transmission/reception period.

8. An electronic audio device comprising:
an audio reception circuit connected to a first microphone;
a wireless communication circuit configured to support Bluetooth communication;
least one process operatively connected to the audio reception circuit and the wireless communication circuit; and
a memory operatively connected to the at least one processor,
wherein the memory stores one or more instructions to be executed by the at least one processor, the at least one processor individually and/or collectively configured to control the electronic audio device to:
connect to an external phone device via a first Bluetooth link using the wireless communication circuit,
create an extended synchronous connection oriented (eSCO) link with the external phone device via the first Bluetooth link,
receive, from the external phone device via the eSCO link, first audio data on a first time slot among a plurality of time slots of a transmission/reception period of the eSCO link,
obtain second audio data through the first microphone,
obtain third audio data from another electronic audio device including a second microphone, wherein the third audio data is obtained by the second microphone same time the second audio date is obtained by the first microphone,
transmit, to the external phone device on a second time slot among the plurality of time slots of the transmission/reception period of the eSCO link, the second audio data, and
transmit, to the external phone device on a retransmission time slot among the plurality of time slots of the transmission/reception period of the eSCO link, additional data including a sound quality enhancement parameter for enhancing sound quality of the second audio data, sound quality enhancement parameter including comparison information generated based on a comparison between the third audio data obtained by the second microphone and the second audio date obtained by the first microphone.

9. The electronic audio device of claim 8 ,
wherein the audio reception circuit is connected to a first microphone and a second microphone,
wherein the additional data includes third audio data obtained through the second microphone.

10. The electronic audio device of claim 8 ,
wherein the one or more instructions, when executed, cause the at least one processor to control the electronic audio device to:
transmit, to the external phone device via the eSCO link, the additional data based on audio codec information associated with the eSCO link corresponding to a specified codec; and
refrain from transmitting the additional data based on the audio codec information associated with the eSCO link not corresponding to the specified codec.

11. A method of transmitting audio data of an electronic device, comprising:
creating an extended synchronous connection oriented (eSCO) link with an external audio device comprising a first external audio device and a second external audio device;
performing a call with an external phone device over a cellular network;
receiving, from the external phone device over a cellular network, first voice data during the call;
transmitting, to the first external audio device via the eSCO link, first audio data on a first time slot among a plurality of time slots of a first transmission/reception interval of the eSCO link, the first audio data including the first voice data;
receiving, from the first external audio device via the eSCO link, second audio data on a second time slot among the plurality of time slots;
receiving, from the second external audio device via the eSCO link, additional data associated with the second audio data within at least one retransmission time slot among the plurality of time slots, wherein the additional data is obtained by the second ext

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Cheong Gupil
• Moon Hangil
• Lee Sanghoon
• Jin Juyeon
• Kang Doosuk
• Choi Bokun

Classifications

• H04W76/15

  Setup of multiple wireless link connections · CPC title

• H04L1/1819

  with retransmission of additional or different redundancy · CPC title

• H04W56/001 Primary

  Synchronization between nodes · CPC title

• H04W72/0446

  Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames · CPC title

• H04L1/1812

  Hybrid protocols; Hybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ] · CPC title