Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Jiho Shin

Yi Yang

Hyunchul Kim

Moonseok Kang

Jonghoon Jang

Sukgi Hong

Yuming Zhu

Hoang Viet Nguyen

Sehwan Choi

Boon Loong Ng

Jonghwan Kim

Doosuk Kang

Jonghyo Lee

Khuong N Nguyen

Sejong Yoon

Neha Dawar

Kunyoung Choi

Songwei Li

Myeonghwan Nam

Moon-Seok Kang

Raghunandan M Rao

Jaehyung Seo

Qiang Xie

Various embodiments of the disclosure disclose a method and a device including a display, a communication module, a memory, and a processor configured to be operatively connected to at least one of the display, the communication module, or the memory. The processor may be configured to perform ultra-wideband (UWB) communication through the communication module, retrieve at least one external device corresponding to a perceivable range of the UWB communication, based at least in part on the UWB communication, determine whether a configured condition is satisfied by a retrieved external device of the retrieved one or more external devices, perform an operation related to the retrieved external device when the retrieved external device satisfies the configured condition, and re-retrieve the at least one external device by changing the positioning angle when the retrieved external device does not correspond to the configured condition. Various embodiments are possible.

Method and electronic device for retrieving external device through positioning angle adjustment

A method for contactless vital sign monitoring includes transmitting, via a transceiver, radar signals for object detection. The method also includes generating a clutter removed channel impulse response from received reflections of the radar signals a portion of which are reflected off of a living object. The method further includes identifying a set of range bins corresponding to a position of the living object. Additionally, the method includes identifying a first set of signal components representing a respiration rate of the living object and a second set of signal components representing a heart rate of the living object.

Joint estimation of respiratory and heart rates using ultra-wideband radar

An electronic device includes an ultra-wide band (UWB) circuit, and at least one processor comprising a controller of UWB circuit. The at least one processor is configured to transmit, through UWB circuit operating in a first mode, a first signal for a first field in a first frame, transmit, through UWB circuit operating in the first mode, a second signal including designated information for a second field in the first frame, receive, through UWB circuit operating in the first mode, a first reflected signal related to the first signal and a second reflected signal related to the second signal, respectively, caused by an external object, according to a state of the designated information identified from the second reflected signal, obtain information on the external object based on the first reflected signal or transmit a second frame through UWB circuit operating in a second mode.

Electronic device, method, and computer readable storage medium for obtaining information related to external object

A method includes obtaining a channel impulse response (CIR) based on multiple ultrawide band (UWB) measurements between a mobile device and a target object. The method also includes estimating a first distance between the mobile device and the target object based on an energy of the CIR. The method also includes estimating a second distance between the mobile device and the target object based on a phase of the CIR. The method also includes obtaining an estimated distance between the mobile device and the target object based on at least one of the first distance and the second distance.

System and method for distance measurement using UWB radar

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an antenna module, a communication module configured to control the antenna module, and at least one processor operatively connected to the communication module, wherein the at least one processor transmits a ultra-wide band (UWB) signal including a first data frame, receives, based on the transmitted first data frame, a reflected first data frame, obtains a first channel impulse response by using the reflected first data frame, acquires information by using the channel impulse response, and receives a UWB signal including a second data frame from an external electronic device in response to the transmitted first data frame.

Electronic device and method using UWB signal

An electronic device and an electronic device operating method according to various embodiments comprises: a processor operationally connected to the first communication module, the second communication module, and the security module, wherein the processor can be configured to control the second communication module such that the second communication module activates the accessory in response to the reception, through the first communication scheme, of a discovery signal broadcasted by the external electronic device, control the second communication module such that the second communication module transmits, to the accessory through the third communication scheme, the data to be used for authentication with the external electronic device, and control the accessory such that the accessory transmits, to the external electronic device through the second communication scheme, the data to be used for authentication with the external electronic device.

Electronic device for performing authentication by using accessory, and electronic device operating method

Example embodiments include an electronic device and a method for operating an electronic device. The electronic device includes an ultra-wide band (UWB) antenna including directional antennas disposed on a rear surface of the electronic device and at least one omnidirectional antenna. The electronic device further includes a communication circuit configured to transmit and/or receive radio frequency (RF) signals of a frequency band designated to be used for UWB communication, through the UWB antenna, with an external electronic device. The electronic device further includes a processor configured to calculate a first distance value and a second distance value, and to determine, based on a distance difference between the first distance value and the second distance value, whether the external electronic device exists within a field of view (FoV) indicating a specified angular range with respect to the direction to which the rear surface faces.

Electronic device and method for supporting positioning communication

A method includes obtaining signal information based on wireless signals received from an external electronic device via a first antenna pair and a second antenna pair. The first and second antenna pairs are aligned along different axes. The signal information includes channel information, range information, a first angle of arrival (AoA) based on the first antenna pair, and a second AoA based on the second antenna pair. The method also includes generating an initial prediction of a presence of the external electronic device relative to a field of view (FoV) of the electronic device. The method further includes performing a smoothing operation on the range information and the first and second AoA, the smoothing operation generating a predicted location of the external electronic device relative to the FoV of the electronic device. Additionally, the method includes generating, based on the smoothing operation, confidence values associated with the predicted location.

Three-dimensional angle of arrival capability in electronic devices

Electronic device for supporting positioning communication

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a near-field communication (NFC) communication circuit, an ultra-wideband (UWB) communication circuit connected with the NFC communication circuit, at least one secure element operatively connected with the NFC communication circuit and configured to store security information, and a processor disposed in the NFC communication circuit and operatively connected with the UWB communication circuit, wherein the processor is configured to receive a data request from an external electronic device via the UWB communication circuit, access at least part of the security information stored in the at least one secure element, based on a routing table matching the data request with the at least one secure element, and transmit the at least part of the security information to the external electronic device via the UWB communication circuit.

Electronic device for transmitting/receiving data and method thereof

An electronic device includes communication circuitry configured to perform short-range wireless communication, ultra-wideband (UWB) communication circuitry configured to perform UWB communication, a secure element comprising a secure data storage configured to provide an execution environment isolated from an operating system (OS) of the electronic device, and a processor. The UWB communication circuitry performs ranging with an external electronic device, receives a first UWB signal including a medium access control (MAC) header and a MAC payload from the external electronic device, and determines, based at least on MAC payload information included in the MAC payload, whether to forward information included in the MAC payload information element to the secure element.

Method for UWB transaction and electronic device therefor

An electronic device includes first communication module establishing communication connection, using first network; second communication module establishing communication connection, using second network; one or more security modules connected to second communication module; and one or more processors connected to first and second communication modules, wherein one or more processors are configured to receive NFC control data and transaction data for NFC service from external electronic device through first communication module, acquire an AID from transaction data for NFC service, determine security module corresponding to AID from one or more security modules, transmit NFC control data and transaction data for NFC service to security module corresponding to AID from one or more security modules through second communication module, and transmit response signal received from security module corresponding to AID from one or more security modules to external electronic device through first communication module.

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Jiho Shin