Electronic device and method for transmitting data to wireless earphone by means of external apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025317223-A1
Application number	US-202418986005-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 18, 2024
Priority date	Jun 28, 2022
Publication date	Oct 9, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communicator configured to establish communication with wireless earphones, memory storing one or more computer programs, and a processor communicatively coupled to the communicator and the memory, wherein the one or more computer programs include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device, cause the electronic device to periodically measure a first received signal strength power of wireless earphones with respect to the electronic device and a number of first data transmissions from the electronic device to the wireless earphone, transmit, to an external device, target data to be transmitted to the wireless earphone, and, when the measured first received signal strength power decreases to a first threshold value or below or a measured number of first data transmissions increases to a first threshold number or above, terminate communication between the electronic device and the wireless earphone and control the external device to establish communication between the external device and the wireless earphone such that the wireless earphones receive the target data from the external device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electronic device comprising:
a communicator configured to establish communication with wireless earphones; memory storing one or more computer programs; and a processor communicatively coupled to the communicator and the memory, wherein the one or more computer programs include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:
periodically measure a first received signal strength power of the wireless earphones with respect to the electronic device and a number of first data transmissions from the electronic device to the wireless earphones,
transmit, to an external device, target data to be transmitted to the wireless earphones, and
when the measured first received signal strength power decreases to a first threshold value or below or a measured number of first data transmissions increases to a first threshold number or above, terminate communication between the electronic device and the wireless earphones and control the external device to establish communication between the external device and the wireless earphones such that the wireless earphones receive the target data from the external device.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 ,
wherein the one or more computer programs further include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to: when the measured first received signal strength power decreases to a second threshold value, which is greater than the first threshold value, or below or the measured number of first data transmissions increases to a second threshold number, which is less than the first threshold number, or above, transmit the target data to the external device by connecting communication with the external device.

3 . The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the communicator is configured to:
transmit the target data to the external device by connecting the communication with the external device via Bluetooth communication or wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) communication.

4 . The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the one or more computer programs further include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:
when the measured first received signal strength power decreases to a third threshold value, which is greater than the second threshold value, or below or the measured number of first data transmissions increases to a third threshold number, which is less than the second threshold number, or above, send a request for second received signal strength power of the wireless earphones with respect to the external device and third received signal strength power of the external device with respect to the electronic device.

5 . The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the one or more computer programs further include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:
determine whether to connect the communication between the external device and the wireless earphones based on a comparison between the measured first received signal strength power and a measured second received signal strength power and a comparison between the third received signal strength power and a threshold value.

6 . The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the one or more computer programs further include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:
terminate the communication between the electronic device and the wireless earphones after a time point at which among data buffered to the external device of the target data, a size of the data except for a portion of the data processed by the wireless earphones is greater than a first threshold data size.

7 . The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the one or more computer programs further include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:
terminate the communication between the electronic device and the wireless earphones after a time point at which a size of data buffered to the wireless earphones among the target data is greater than a second threshold data size.

8 . The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the one or more computer programs further include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:
while the communication between the external device and the wireless earphones is connected, when the measured first received signal strength power increases to the second threshold value or above and the measured first received signal strength power exceeds the measured second received signal strength power, control the external device to terminate the communication between the external device and the wireless earphones and directly transmit the target data to the wireless earphones by reconnecting the communication between the electronic device and the wireless earphones.

9 . An electronic device comprising:
a communicator configured to receive real-time data from an external network and transmit the real-time data to wireless earphones; memory storing one or more computer programs; and a processor communicatively coupled to the communicator and the memory, wherein the one or more computer programs include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:
periodically measure fourth received signal strength power of the electronic device with respect to the external network and a number of second data transmissions from the external network to the electronic device, and
when the measured fourth received signal strength power decreases to a fourth threshold value or below or a measured number of second data transmissions increases to a fourth threshold number or above, terminate communication between the electronic device and the wireless earphones and control an external device to establish communication between the external device and the external network and communication between the external device and the wireless earphones such that the wireless earphones receive real-time data from the external device.

10 . The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the one or more computer programs further include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:
send a request for fifth received signal strength power of the external device with respect to the external network; and determine whether to connect the communication between the external device and the network and the communication between the external network and the wireless earphones based on a comparison between the measured fourth received signal strength power and a measured fifth received signal strength power.

11 . A method performed by a processor, the method comprising:
periodically measuring first received signal strength power of wireless earphones, in which communication with an electronic device is established, to the electronic device and a number of first data transmissions from the electronic device to the wireless earphones; transmitting, to an external device, target data to be transmitted to the wireless earphones; and when the measured first received signal strength power decreases to a first threshold value or below or a measured number of first data tra

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nam Janghyun
• Na Hyoseok

Classifications

• H04R1/1041

  Mechanical or electronic switches, or control elements (switches in general H01H) · CPC title

• H04R2420/07

  Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones · CPC title

• H04R1/10

  Earpieces; Attachments therefor {; Earphones; Monophonic headphones (H04R1/28 takes precedence; stereophonic headphones H04R5/033)} · CPC title

• H04B17/318 Primary

  Received signal strength · CPC title

• H04W76/19

  Connection re-establishment · CPC title