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US 10,299,104 · App. 15/545,223 · Granted May 21, 2019

Method for performing discovery in wireless communication system and device therefor

Inventors: Jinkwon Lim (Seoul, KR); Jingu Choi (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W8/005G01C17/02G01C17/28H04W4/02H04W4/026H04W4/80H04W84/18
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Patent No.
US 10,299,104
App. No.
15/545,223
Granted
May 21, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

This specification relates to a method for performing discovery in a wireless communication system. The method is performed by a first device, and includes turning on a direction-based discovery mode, obtains a first direction information related to a user from a second device, wherein the first direction information is information indicative of the progress direction of the user or the view direction of the user, exchanges a second direction information related to the locations of one or more peripheral devices with a third device, and performs discovery for a peripheral device existing in a specific direction among the peripheral devices based on the first direction information and the second direction information.

Claims (37)

1. A method for performing discovery in a wireless communication system, the method performed by a first device and comprising:

turning on a direction-based discovery mode;

obtaining first direction information including a view direction of a user from a second device, wherein the second device includes a geomagnetic sensor for measuring the view direction of the user;

exchanging second direction information related to locations of one or more peripheral devices with a third device; and

performing discovery for a peripheral device existing in the view direction of the user among the peripheral devices based on the first direction information and the second direction information,

wherein the exchanging the second direction information comprises:

requesting reference direction information which is a criterion for determining a direction in which the peripheral devices are located to the third device;

receiving the reference direction information from the third device;

transmitting a location information request message for requesting the second direction information to the third device; and

receiving a location information response message from the third device in response to the location information request message.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the obtaining of the first direction information comprises:

transmitting a direction request message for requesting the first direction information to the second device; and

receiving a direction response message from the second device in response to the direction request message.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first direction information and the second direction information comprise at least one of a direction parameter or a direction angle parameter.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the obtaining the first direction information comprises:

receiving the first direction information from the second device at specific time intervals.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the direction parameter is one of north, south, east, west, northeast, northwest, southeast or southwest.

6. The method of claim 3 , wherein the direction angle parameter has a value of 0 to 360 degrees.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the peripheral devices comprise light-emitting diode (LED) lamps, and

the LED lamps form a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) mesh group.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising performing BLE connection with an LED lamp in the view direction of the user,

wherein the BLE-connected LED lamp exchanges information for indicating a specific direction with other lamps within an identical BLE mesh group.

9. A first device for performing discovery in a wireless communication system, the first device comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor functionally connected to the transceiver,

wherein the processor is configured to:

turn on a direction-based discovery mode,

obtain first direction information including a view direction of a user from a second device,

wherein the second device includes a geomagnetic sensor for measuring the view direction of the user,

exchange second direction information related to locations of one or more peripheral devices with a third device, and

perform control so that discovery is performed on a peripheral device existing in the view direction of the user among the peripheral devices based on the first direction information and the second direction information,

wherein the exchanging the second direction information comprises:

requesting reference direction information which is a criterion for determining a direction in which the peripheral devices are located to the third device;

controlling the transceiver to receive the reference direction information from the third device;

controlling the transceiver to transmit a location information request message for requesting the second direction information to the third device; and

controlling the transceiver to receive a location information response message from the third device in response to the location information request message.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2017
From: LIM, JINKWON; CHOI, JINGU
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 043191/0048 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62105704 · Jan 20, 2015
Related Publication 20180063694A1 · Mar 1, 2018