Method for controlling a positioning chip and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12529802-B2
Application number	US-202217955242-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 28, 2022
Priority date	Jun 7, 2022
Publication date	Jan 20, 2026
Grant date	Jan 20, 2026

Abstract

A method for controlling a positioning chip includes: receiving a positioning request sent by an application; obtaining information of the application, and determining a working mode of the positioning chip based on the information of the application; and controlling resources for the positioning chip based on the working mode. The method may be implemented in an electronic device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for controlling a positioning chip, performed by an electronic device, comprising:
receiving a positioning request sent by an application; obtaining information of the application, and determining a working mode of the positioning chip based on the information of the application; controlling satellite channel resources for the positioning chip based on the working mode; and providing a positioning result for the application using controlled satellite channel resources; wherein, determining a working mode of the positioning chip based on the information of the application comprises: obtaining a requirement on the positioning accuracy of the application; and determining the working mode based on the requirement; wherein determining the working mode based on the requirement comprises: determining the working mode of the positioning chip to be a second working mode, in response to determining that the requirement indicating that the positioning accuracy corresponding to the application being less than a first positioning accuracy threshold and greater than a second positioning accuracy threshold, wherein the second working mode comprises a second satellite constellation configuration mode, the second satellite constellation configuration mode comprises at least three satellite constellations and a single frequency mode, the second positioning accuracy threshold is less than the first positioning accuracy threshold, and a number of the at least three satellite constellations is less than a total number of satellite constellations.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein, determining the working mode based on the requirement comprises:
determining the working mode of the positioning chip to be a first working mode, in response to determining that the requirement indicating that the positioning accuracy corresponding to the application being greater than a first positioning accuracy threshold, wherein the first working mode comprises a first satellite constellation configuration mode, and the first satellite constellation configuration mode comprises a full satellite constellation and a multi-frequency mode.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein, determining the working mode based on the requirement comprises:
determining the working mode of the positioning chip to be a third working mode, in response to determining that the positioning accuracy corresponding to the application being less than a second positioning accuracy threshold and greater than a third positioning accuracy threshold, wherein the third working mode comprises a third satellite constellation configuration mode, the third satellite constellation configuration mode comprises double satellite constellations and a single frequency mode, and the third positioning accuracy threshold is less than the second positioning accuracy threshold.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein, determining the working mode based on the requirement comprises:
determining the working mode of the positioning chip to be a fourth working mode, in response to determining that the positioning accuracy corresponding to the application being less than a third positioning accuracy threshold, wherein the fourth working mode comprises a fourth satellite constellation configuration mode, and the fourth satellite constellation configuration mode comprises single satellite constellation and a single frequency mode.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein, determining a requirement indicating the positioning chip based on the information of the application comprises:
obtaining a requirement on the positioning accuracy of the application by a neural network model.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein, obtaining a requirement on the positioning accuracy of the application comprises:
obtaining a type of the application, wherein the application is a map-type application; and obtaining a requirement on the positioning accuracy of the application based on the type.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein, controlling the satellite channel resources for the positioning chip based on the working mode comprises:
controlling a working state of at least one satellite constellation and a working state of at least one frequency in the satellite channel resources for the positioning chip based on the working mode.

8 . An electronic device, comprising:
at least one processor; and a memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor; wherein, the memory is stored with instructions executable by the at least one processor, and the processor is configured to: receive a positioning request sent by an application; obtain information of the application, and determine a working mode of a positioning chip based on the information of the application; control satellite channel resources for the positioning chip based on the working mode; and provide a positioning result for the application using controlled satellite channel resources; wherein the processor is configured to: obtain a requirement on the positioning accuracy of the application; and determine the working mode based on the requirement; wherein when determines the working mode based on the requirement, the processor is configured to: determine the working mode of the positioning chip to be a second working mode, in response to determining that the requirement indicating that the positioning accuracy corresponding to the application being less than a first positioning accuracy threshold and greater than a second positioning accuracy threshold, wherein the second working mode comprises a second satellite constellation configuration mode, the second satellite constellation configuration mode comprises at least three satellite constellations and a single frequency mode, the second positioning accuracy threshold is less than the first positioning accuracy threshold, and a number of the at least three satellite constellations is less than a total number of satellite constellations.

9 . The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to:
determine the working mode of the positioning chip to be a first working mode, in response to determining that the requirement indicating that the positioning accuracy corresponding to the application being greater than a first positioning accuracy threshold, wherein the first working mode comprises a first satellite constellation configuration mode, and the first satellite constellation configuration mode comprises a full satellite constellation and a multi-frequency mode.

10 . The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to:
determine the working mode of the positioning chip to be a third working mode, in response to determining that the positioning accuracy corresponding to the application being less than a second positioning accuracy threshold and greater than a third positioning accuracy threshold, wherein the third working mode comprises a third satellite constellation configuration mode, the third satellite constellation configuration mode comprises double satellite constellations and a single frequency mode, and the third positioning accuracy threshold is less than the second positioning accuracy threshold.

11 . The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to:
determine the working mode of the positioning chip to be a fourth working mode, in response to determining that the positioning accuracy corresponding to the application being less than a third positioning accuracy threshold, wherein the fourth working mode comprises a fourth satellite constellation configuration mode, and the fourth satellite constellation configuration mode

Assignees

• Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd

Inventors

• Qin Muyun
• Yu Guang
• Li Chin-Lung

Classifications

• H04W64/003

  locating network equipment · CPC title

• H04W4/029

  Location-based management or tracking services · CPC title

• Y02D30/70

  in wireless communication networks · CPC title

• G01S19/42

  Determining position · CPC title

• G01S19/47 Primary

  the supplementary measurement being an inertial measurement, e.g. tightly coupled inertial · CPC title