Electronic device using plurality of communication methods, and method for controlling same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12309862-B2
Application number	US-202217899893-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 31, 2022
Priority date	Mar 3, 2020
Publication date	May 20, 2025
Grant date	May 20, 2025

Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first communication circuit that supports a first communication method and a second communication circuit configured to support a second communication method, transmit, in at least one first band, a signal having a magnitude less than or equal to a first threshold value, and transmit, in at least one second band, a signal having a magnitude less than or equal to a second threshold value. The first communication circuit may be configured to form, based on the first communication method, a first connection to an external electronic device, the second communication circuit may be configured to transmit, based on a first function based on the first connection, having been executed, a signal having a magnitude less than or equal to the first threshold value, and the first threshold value may be less than the second threshold value.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a first communication circuit supporting a first communication scheme; and
a second communication circuit supporting a second communication scheme, and configured to:
transmit a signal having a strength equal to or less than a first threshold in at least one first band, and
transmit a signal having a strength equal to or less than a second threshold in at least one second band,

wherein the first communication circuit is configured to establish a first connection with an external electronic device based on the first communication scheme,
wherein the second communication circuit is configured to:
transmit the signal having the strength equal to or less than the first threshold in the at least one first band from among the at least one first band and the at least one second band using the second communication scheme, in response to execution of a first function based on the first connection, and
transmit the signal having the strength equal to or less than the second threshold in the at least one second band using the second communication scheme, in response to non-execution of the first function based on the first connection, and

wherein the first threshold is less than the second threshold.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 ,
wherein the at least one first band includes at least part of a 6 GHz band, and
wherein the at least one second band includes at least one of a 2.4 GHz band or a 5 GHz band.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one first band is determined based on at least one of a type of the electronic device, previous connection information about the external electronic device, or frequency band information received from the external electronic device.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the previous connection information about the external electronic device is identified based on at least one of a model name, a manufacturer, or a medium access control (MAC) address of the external electronic device.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 ,
wherein the first communication scheme includes at least one of a Bluetooth communication scheme, a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) communication scheme, or an ultra-wideband (UWB) communication scheme, and
wherein the second communication scheme includes a wireless-fidelity (Wi-Fi) communication scheme.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one processor,
wherein the second communication circuit is further configured to:
receive execution information about the first function from at least one of the first communication circuit or the at least one processor, and
identify execution of the first function based on reception of the execution information about the first function.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the execution of the first function includes at least one of execution of a first application corresponding to the first function in the electronic device or execution of a second application corresponding to the first function in the external electronic device with the established first connection.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first function is executed based on at least one of a carkit profile, a hands free profile (HFP), an advanced audio distribution profile (A2DP), or a serial port profile (SPP).

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a third communication circuit supporting a third communication scheme different from the first communication scheme,
wherein the first communication circuit is further configured to establish the first connection with the external electronic device based on a distance between the external electronic device and the electronic device, identified using the third communication circuit.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first threshold is determined based on a type of the electronic device.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one processor,
wherein the second communication circuit further includes at least one power amplifier (PA), and
wherein the at least one of the at least one processor or the second communication circuit is further configured to:
determine a voltage value to be applied as a bias voltage of the at least one PA, and
control the at least one PA to output power equal to or less than the first threshold based on the bias voltage of the determined voltage value.

12. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second communication circuit is further configured to scan the external electronic device, using a signal having a first strength equal to or less than the first threshold based on the execution of the first function.

13. The electronic device of claim 12 ,
wherein the second communication circuit is further configured to:
scan the external electronic device, using the signal having the first strength, and
when the external electronic device is not identified as a result of scanning of the external electronic device, scan the external electronic device, using a signal having a second strength greater than the first strength, and

wherein the first strength and the second strength are equal to or less than the first threshold.

14. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one processor,
wherein the second communication circuit is further configured to establish a second connection with the external electronic device based on transmission of the signal having the strength equal to or less than the first threshold, and
wherein at least one of the at least one processor or the second communication circuit is further configured to execute a second function using the established second connection.

15. The electronic device of claim 14 ,
wherein the second function is determined based on at least one of information related to the external electronic device, information of service related to the external electronic device, information of a type of the electronic device, a size of the first threshold, a channel band of the second connection, a type of the first communication scheme, or a security setting of the first communication scheme.

16. The electronic device of claim 14 ,
wherein one of the at least one of the at least one processor or the second communication circuit is further configured to:
execute a third function based on the first connection while the second function is executed,

wherein the third function includes transmission and reception of voice data through the first connection, and
wherein the second function includes transmission and reception of image data through the second connection.

17. A method of controlling an electronic device, the method comprising:
establishing a first connection with an external electronic device based on a first communication scheme, using a first communication circuit; and
transmitting a signal having a strength equal to or less than a first threshold based on execution of a first function based on the first connection, using a second communication circuit,
wherein the second communication circuit supports a second communication scheme, and is configured to transmit the signal having the strength equal to or less than the first threshold in at least one first band from among the at least one first band and at least one second band using the second communication scheme, and transmit a signal having a strength equal to or less than a second threshold in at least one second band,
wherein the second communication circuit is configured to transmi

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Moonsoo
• Seo Mincheol
• Choi Bokun
• Gu Jaheon
• Lee Youngkow

Classifications

• H04W72/0453

  Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA · CPC title

• H04W52/52

  using AGC [Automatic Gain Control] circuits or amplifiers · CPC title

• H04W52/50

  at the moment of starting communication in a multiple access environment · CPC title

• H04W76/14

  Direct-mode setup · CPC title

• H04W76/15 Primary

  Setup of multiple wireless link connections · CPC title