IP Library Granted Patent US 9,906,273
Granted Patent B2
US 9,906,273 · App. 15/194,603 · Granted Feb 27, 2018

Proximity detection method and apparatus for near field communication

Inventors: Jun Fang (Shenzhen, CN); Siqiu Cheng (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co., Ltd.
H04B5/0031G06K7/10009H04L5/0055H04L43/16H04M1/2477H04W4/008H04W8/005H04W48/14
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Patent No.
US 9,906,273
App. No.
15/194,603
Granted
Feb 27, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a proximity detection method and apparatus for a near field communication, which belongs to the field of communications technologies. The method includes: sending, by a first electronic device, a signal of a detection frame; determining whether a second electronic device capable of performing the near field communication exists according to a received response frame, wherein the detection frame includes at least two symbols modulated with different frequencies. In embodiments of the present disclosure, a signal of a detection frame which includes multiple symbols modulated with different frequencies is sent, so that a peer-to-peer electronic device existing within a communicatable range can be detected for communication in a case of that these modulation frequencies suffer an interference.

Claims (68)

1. A proximity detection method of a near field communication, applied to a first electronic device for the near field communication, wherein the method comprises:

sending a signal of a detection frame by the first electronic device, wherein the detection frame comprises at least two symbols modulated with different frequencies;

determining whether a second electronic device capable of performing the near field communication exists according to a received response frame;

wherein the detection frame comprises a first detection frame A 1 and a second detection frame A 2 , and the sending a signal of a detection frame by the first electronic device further comprises:

sending the first detection frame A 1 or the second detection frame A 2 ;

when a signal of the response frame replied by the second electronic device is received, switching a detection frame to be sent from the first detection frame A 1 to the second detection frame A 2 or from the second detection frame A 2 to the first detection frame A 1 .

2. The proximity detection method according to claim 1 , wherein the response frame comprises a first response frame B 1 and a second response frame B 2 , and the determining whether the second electronic device capable of performing the near field communication exists according to the received response frame further comprises:

increasing a first response time M 1 by 1 after receiving the response frame replied by the second electronic device;

if the response frame is the second response frame B 2 , increasing a second response time M 2 by 1, further determining whether M 2 meets a second threshold C 2 , and if yes, determining that the second electronic device is located within a near field communicatable range.

3. The proximity detection method according to claim 2 , wherein if the response frame replied by the second electronic device is not received again within a preset time, decreasing the first response time M 1 or the second response time M 2 by at least 1 time.

4. The proximity detection method according to claim 2 , wherein,

the first response frame B 1 is: [F 6 , F 5 , F 4 , F 3 , F 2 , F 1 ];

the second response frame B 2 is: [F 4 , F 5 , F 6 , F 1 , F 2 , F 3 ];

or

the first response frame B 1 is: [F 4 , F 3 , F 2 , F 1 ];

the second response frame B 2 is: [F 3 , F 4 , F 2 , F 1 ];

wherein the F 1 , F 2 , F 3 , F 4 , F 5 , F 6 are symbols modulated with different frequencies respectively.

5. The proximity detection method according to claim 1 , wherein,

the first detection frame A 1 is: [F 1 , F 2 , F 3 , F 4 , F 5 , F 6 ];

the second detection frame A 2 is: [F 3 , F 2 , F 1 , F 6 , F 5 , F 4 ];

or

the first detection frame A 1 is: [F 1 , F 2 , F 3 , F 4 ];

the second detection frame A 2 is: [F 2 , F 1 , F 4 , F 3 ];

wherein the F 1 , F 2 , F 3 , F 4 , F 5 , F 6 are symbols modulated with different frequencies respectively.

6. The proximity detection method according to claim 5 , wherein the F 1 , F 2 , F 3 , F 4 , F 5 , F 6 respectively represent symbols modulated with 450 KHz, 400 KHz, 350 KHz, 300 KHz, 250 KHz and 200 KHz, or any six neighbor frequencies in a frequency set {525 KHz, 487.5 KHz, 412.5 KHz, 375 KHz, 337.5 KHz, 262.5 KHz, 225 KHz, 187.5 KHz}.

7. A proximity detection method of a near field communication, applied to a second electronic device for the near field communication, wherein the method comprises:

receiving a signal of a detection frame sent by a first electronic device;

replying a response frame to the first electronic device, wherein the response frame comprises at least two symbols modulated with different frequencies; and

determining whether the first electronic device is within a near field communicatable range according to the received detection frame;

wherein the detection frame comprises a first detection frame A 1 and a second detection frame A 2 , and the replying the response frame to the first electronic device further comprises:

determining whether the signal of the detection frame is the first detection frame A 1 or the second detection frame A 2 after receiving the signal of the detection frame, and if the detection frame is the first detection frame A 1 and a first acknowledgement time N 1 is an even number, increasing the first acknowledgement time N 1 by 1, otherwise remaining the same; if the detection frame is the second detection frame A 2 and the first acknowledgement time N 1 is an odd number, increasing the first acknowledgement time N 1 by 1, otherwise remaining the same;

determining whether the first acknowledgement time N 1 exceeds a first threshold C 1 , and if the first acknowledgement time N 1 exceeds the first threshold C 1 , sending a second response frame B 2 to the first electronic device, otherwise, sending a first response frame B 1 to the first electronic device.

8. The proximity detection method according to claim 7 , wherein the determining whether the first electronic device is within the near field communicatable range according to the received detection frame further comprises:

when the first acknowledgement time N 1 exceeds the first threshold C 1 , if the signal of the detection frame is received, determining whether the signal of the detection frame is the first detection frame A 1 or the second detection frame A 2 , and if the detection frame is the first detection frame A 1 and a second acknowledgement time N 2 is an even number, increasing the second acknowledgement time N 2 by 1, otherwise remaining the same; if the detection frame is the second detection frame A 2 and the second acknowledgement time N 2 is an odd number, increasing the second acknowledgement time N 2 by 1, otherwise remaining the same;

determining whether the second acknowledgement time N 2 meets a second threshold C 2 , and if yes, determining that the first electronic device is located within the near field communicatable range.

9. The proximity detection method according claim 7 , wherein the detection frame comprises a first detection frame A 1 and a second detection frame A 2 , and the response frame comprises a first response frame B 1 and a second response frame B 2 , wherein:

the first detection frame A 1 is: [F 1 , F 2 , F 3 , F 4 , F 5 , F 6 ];

the second detection frame A 2 is: [F 3 , F 2 , F 1 , F 6 , F 5 , F 4 ];

the first response frame B 1 is: [F 6 , F 5 , F 4 , F 3 , F 2 , F 1 ];

the second response frame B 2 is: [F 4 , F 5 , F 6 , F 1 , F 2 , F 3 ];

or

the first detection frame A 1 is: [F 1 , F 2 , F 3 , F 4 ];

the second detection frame A 2 is: [F 2 , F 1 , F 4 , F 3 ];

the first response frame B 1 is: [F 4 , F 3 , F 2 , F 1 ];

the second response frame B 2 is: [F 3 , F 4 , F 2 , F 1 ];

wherein the F 1 , F 2 , F 3 , F 4 , F 5 , F 6 are symbols modulated with different frequencies respectively.

10. The proximity detection method according to claim 9 , wherein the F 1 , F 2 , F 3 , F 4 , F 5 , F 6 respectively represent symbols modulated with 450 KHz, 400 KHz, 350 KHz, 300 KHz, 250 KHz and 200 KHz, or any six neighbor frequencies in a frequency set {525 KHz, 487.5 KHz, 412.5 KHz, 375 KHz, 337.5 KHz, 262.5 KHz, 225 KHz, 187.5 KHz}.

11. A proximity detection method of a near field communication, applied to a first electronic device and a second electronic device for the near field communication, wherein the method comprises:

sending, by the first electronic device, a signal of a detection frame;

replying, by the second electronic device, a response frame to the first electronic device, and determining whether the first electronic device is within a near field communicatable range according to a received detection frame; and

determining, by the first electronic device, whether the second electronic device is within the near field communicatable range according to a received response frame,

wherein both the detection frame and the response frame comprise at least two symbols modulated with different frequencies;

wherein the detection frame comprises a first detection frame A 1 and a second detection frame A 2 , and the sending a signal of a detection frame by the first electronic device further comprises:

sending the first detection frame A 1 or the second detection frame A 2 ;

when a signal of the response frame replied by the second electronic device is received, switching a detection frame to be sent from the first detection frame A 1 to the second detection frame A 2 or from the second detection frame A 2 to the first detection frame A 1 .

12. A proximity detection apparatus for a near field communication, applied to a first electronic device for the near field communication, wherein the apparatus comprises:

a transmitter, configured to send a signal of a detection frame, wherein the detection frame comprises at least two symbols modulated with different frequencies;

a receiver, configured to receive a signal of a response frame replied by a second electronic device; and

a processor, configured to analyze the response frame replied by the second electronic device and determine whether the second electronic device is within a near field communicatable range according to the received response frame;

wherein the transmitter is configured to: send a first detection frame A 1 or a second detection frame A 2 ; when the signal of the response frame replied by the second electronic device is received, switch the detection frame to be sent from the first detection frame A 1 to the second detection frame A 2 or from the second detection frame A 2 to the first detection frame A 1 .

13. The proximity detection apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the processor is configured to: when the received response frame replied by the second electronic device is a second response frame B 2 , increase a second response time M 2 by 1, further determine whether M 2 meets a second threshold C 2 , and if yes, determine that the second electronic device is located within the near field communicatable range.

14. A proximity detection apparatus for a near field communication, applied to a second electronic device for the near field communication, wherein the apparatus comprises:

a receiver, configured to receive a signal of a detection frame sent by a first electronic device;

a transmitter, configured to send a response frame to the first electronic device, wherein the response frame comprises at least two symbols modulated with different frequencies; and

a processor, configured to analyze the signal of the detection frame and determine whether the first electronic device is within a near field communicatable range according to the received detection frame;

wherein the processor is configured to: determine whether the signal of the detection frame is a first detection frame A 1 or a second detection frame A 2 after receiving the signal of the detection frame, and if the detection frame is the first detection frame A 1 and a first acknowledgement time N 1 is an even number, increase the first acknowledgement time N 1 by 1, otherwise remain the same; if the detection frame is the second detection frame A 2 and the first acknowledgement time N 1 is an odd number, increase the first acknowledgement time N 1 by 1, otherwise remain the same; and

the transmitter is configured to determine whether the first acknowledgement time N 1 exceeds a first threshold C 1 , and if the first acknowledgement time N 1 exceeds the first threshold C 1 , send a second response frame B 2 to the first electronic device, otherwise, send a first response frame B 1 to the first electronic device.

15. The proximity detection apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the processor is configured to: when the first acknowledgement time N 1 exceeds the first threshold C 1 , if the signal of the detection frame is received, determine whether the signal of the detection frame is the first detection frame A 1 or the second detection frame A 2 , and if the detection frame is the first detection frame A 1 and a second acknowledgement time N 2 is an even number, increase the second acknowledgement time N 2 by 1, otherwise remain the same; if the detection frame is the second detection frame A 2 and the second acknowledgement time N 2 is an odd number, increase the second acknowledgement time N 2 by 1, otherwise remain the same; determine whether the second acknowledgement time N 2 meets a second threshold C 2 , and if yes, determine that the first electronic device is located within the near field communicatable range.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 30, 2017
From: SHENZHEN HUIDING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043137/0514 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2016
From: FANG, JUN; CHENG, SIQIU
To: SHENZHEN HUIDING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 039183/0147 →
Priority Claims (1)
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Continuity (2)
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