Electronic device performing back off and method for operating thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024306095-A1
Application number	US-202418598356-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 7, 2024
Priority date	Mar 10, 2023
Publication date	Sep 12, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

According to an embodiment, an electronic device may include: at least one application processor, comprising processing circuitry, at least one communication processor, comprising processing circuitry, operatively connected to at least one application processor, and at least one grip sensor operatively connected to at least one application processor. At least one application processor, individually and/or collectively, may be configured to cause the electronic device to: identify an error related to at least one of the at least one grip sensor; provide information for causing backoff to at least one communication processor, based on the identification of the error; receive the information for causing the backoff, wherein at least one communication processor, individually and/or collectively, may be configured to perform at least one operation for the backoff, based on the reception of the information for causing the backoff.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electronic device comprising:
at least one application processor, comprising processing circuitry; at least one communication processor, comprising processing circuitry, operatively connected to at least one application processor; and at least one grip sensor operatively connected to at least one application processor, memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one application processor and/or at least one communication processor, cause the electronic device to: identify an error related to at least one of the at least one grip sensor; and provide, by at least one application processor, information for causing backoff to at least one communication processor, based on the identification of the error, and receive, by at least one communication processor, the information for causing the backoff; and perform at least one operation for the backoff, based on the reception of the information for causing the backoff.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions cause the electronic device to perform, by the at least one communication processor, at least one operation for the backoff, based on identification of the reception of the information for causing the backoff and identification of satisfaction of at least one first additional condition, as at least a portion of performing the at least one operation for the backoff.

3 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions cause the electronic device to determine, by the at least one communication processor, whether a current operation band of the electronic device is a band requiring backoff, based on whether the at least one first additional condition is satisfied, as at least a portion of performing the at least one operation for the backoff.

4 . The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one RF circuit operatively connected to at least one communication processor; and a plurality of antennas connected to the at least one RF circuit, wherein the instructions cause the electronic device to: determine, by at least one communication processor, whether transmission antennas selected from the plurality of antennas are equal to at least some of at least one antenna connected to the at least one grip sensor among the plurality of antennas, based on whether the at least one first additional condition is satisfied, as at least a portion of performing the at least one operation for the backoff.

5 . The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one RF circuit operatively connected to at least one communication processor; and a plurality of antennas connected to the at least one RF circuit, wherein the instructions cause the electronic device to: determine, by at least one communication processor, whether distances between transmission antennas selected from the plurality of antennas and at least some of at least one antenna connected to the at least one grip sensor among the plurality of antennas are within a threshold distance, based on whether the at least one first additional condition is satisfied, as at least a portion of performing the at least one operation for the backoff.

6 . The electronic device (of claim 1 , wherein the instructions cause the electronic device to:
identify, by at least one communication processor, generated RF exposure accumulated for a first time period; identify, by at least one communication processor, remaining RF exposure margin for the first time period, based on the accumulated generated RF exposure; and determine, by at least one communication processor, whether RF exposure expected based on the backoff not being performed is larger than the RF exposure margin, based on whether the at least one first additional condition is satisfied.

7 . The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one RF circuit operatively connected to at least one communication processor; and a plurality of antennas connected to the at least one RF circuit, wherein the instructions cause the electronic device to determine, by at least one communication processor, whether an antenna tuning mode for transmission antennas selected from the plurality of antennas is a grip mode, based on whether the at least one first additional condition is satisfied, as at least a portion of performing the at least one operation for the backoff.

8 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions cause the electronic device to provide, by at least one application processor, information for causing the backoff, based on identification of the error and identification of satisfaction of at least one second additional condition, as at least a portion of providing the information for causing backoff to at least one communication processor.

9 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions cause the electronic device to determine, by at least one application processor, whether a display included in the electronic device is turned off, based on whether the at least one second additional condition is satisfied, as at least a portion of providing information for causing the backoff to the at least one communication processor.

10 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions cause the electronic device to determine, by at least one application processor, whether motion sensed through a motion sensor included in the electronic device is not identified based on whether the at least one second additional condition is satisfied, as at least a portion of providing information for causing the backoff to at least one communication processor.

11 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions cause the electronic device to determine, by at least one application processor, whether a touch is not identified through a touch sensor included in the electronic device, based on whether the at least one second additional condition is satisfied, as at least a portion of providing information for causing the backoff to at least one communication processor.

12 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions cause the electronic device to identify, by at least one application processor, the error, based on reception of information indicating the error from the at least one grip sensor and/or identify the error, based on satisfaction of a condition for determining whether the error is generated, as at least a portion of identifying the error.

13 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the error is identified based on satisfaction of a condition associated with failure of communication between at least one application processor and the at least one grip sensor.

14 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the error is identified based on satisfaction of a condition associated with mismatch between a sensing result by the at least one grip sensor and an event generation result indicating whether sensing is performed.

15 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the error is identified based on satisfaction of a condition associated with provision of power to the at least one grip sensor.

16 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the error is identified based on satisfaction of a condition associated with allocation of firm ware to the at least one grip sensor.

17 . A method of operating an electronic device comprising at least one application processor, at least one communication processor operatively connected to at least one application processor, and at least one grip sensor operatively connected to at least one appl

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Cho Woosik
• Shin Seungshik
• Hong Sukgi

Classifications

• H04W52/20 Primary

  using error rate · CPC title

• H04W52/367 Primary

  Power values between minimum and maximum limits, e.g. dynamic range · CPC title