IP Library Granted Patent US 12,228,638
Granted Patent B2
US 12,228,638 · App. 17/756,739 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Electronic device, method for controlling electronic device, and program

Inventors: Takuya Homma (Yokohama, JP); Tooru Sahara (Yokohama, JP); Masayuki Sato (Yokohama, JP); Masamitsu Nishikido (Yokohama, JP); Youhei Murakami (Yokohama, JP); Satoshi Kawaji (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
G01S13/931G01S13/58
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Patent No.
US 12,228,638
App. No.
17/756,739
Granted
Feb 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device includes a transmission antenna that transmits a transmission wave, a reception antenna that receives a reflected wave that is the transmission wave having been reflected, and a control unit that detects an object that reflects the transmission wave, based on a transmission signal transmitted as the transmission wave and a reception signal received as the reflected wave. The control unit performs control to detect, as a target, an object having a motion characteristic of a motion of an arm of a person, among objects located around the electronic device.

Claims (43)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a transmission antenna that transmits a transmission wave;

a reception antenna that receives a reflected wave that is the transmission wave having been reflected; and

a control unit that detects an object that reflects the transmission wave, based on a transmission signal transmitted as the transmission wave and a reception signal received as the reflected wave, wherein

the control unit performs control to detect, as a target, an object having a motion characteristic of a motion of an arm of a person, among objects located around the electronic device; and

wherein

in a case where Vh denotes a walking velocity of the person, g denotes a gravitational acceleration, L denotes a length of the arm of the person, and Om denotes a maximum angle of the arm swung by the person, when a relative velocity Vr obtained by subtracting the velocity Vh from a measured velocity of an object satisfies

Vr={ 2 gL (1−cos Φ m )}1/2,

the control unit determines that the object has a motion characteristic of a motion of an arm of a person who is moving at a predetermined velocity, or

in a case where Vh denotes a walking velocity of the person and W denotes a walking stride of the person, when a measured period Ta of an object satisfies

Ta= 2 W/Vh,

the control unit determines that the object has a motion characteristic of a motion of an arm of a person who is moving at a predetermined velocity.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit performs control to detect, as the target, an object having a motion characteristic of a motion of an arm of a person who is moving at a predetermined velocity, among the objects located around the electronic device.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit performs control to detect, as the target, an object having a motion characteristic of a motion of a swinging arm of a walking or running person, among the objects located around the electronic device.

4. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the control unit performs control to detect, as the target, an object determined to have the motion characteristic of the motion of the arm of the person who is moving at the predetermined velocity, among the objects located around the electronic device.

5. The electronic device according to claim 4 , wherein the control unit performs control: to determine whether an object located around the electronic device has the motion characteristic of the motion of the arm of the person who is moving at the predetermined velocity; and to detect the object as the target when the object is determined to have the motion characteristic of the motion of the arm of the person who is moving at the predetermined velocity.

6. The electronic device according to claim 4 , wherein the control unit determines that an object located around the electronic device has the motion characteristic of the motion of the arm of the person who is moving at the predetermined velocity when the object has a motion characteristic of a pendulum motion having a predetermined period, the pendulum motion being a motion in which the object is moving at the predetermined velocity.

7. The electronic device according to claim 4 , wherein the control unit determines that an object located around the electronic device has the motion characteristic of the motion of the arm of the person who is moving at the predetermined velocity when the object has a combined motion of a motion in which the object is moving at a predetermined velocity Vh and a motion in which a relative velocity Vr with respect to the predetermined velocity Vh of the object periodically becomes equal to zero.

8. The electronic device according to claim 4 , wherein the control unit determines that an object located around the electronic device has the motion characteristic of the motion of the arm of the person who is moving at the predetermined velocity when the object has a combined motion of a motion in which the object is moving at a predetermined velocity Vh and a motion in which a relative velocity Vr with respect to the predetermined velocity Vh of the object periodically and repeatedly becomes equal to a local maximum value Vm and a local minimum value−Vm.

9. A method for controlling an electronic device, comprising:

a step of transmitting a transmission wave from a transmission antenna;

a step of receiving, from a reception antenna, a reflected wave that is the transmission wave having been reflected; and

a step of detecting an object that reflects the transmission wave, based on a transmission signal transmitted as the transmission wave and a reception signal received as the reflected wave, wherein

in the step of detecting, among objects located around the electronic device, an object having a motion characteristic of a motion of an arm of a person is detected as a target; and

wherein

in a case where Vh denotes a walking velocity of the person, g denotes a gravitational acceleration, L denotes a length of the arm of the person, and Om denotes a maximum angle of the arm swung by the person, when a relative velocity Vr obtained by subtracting the velocity Vh from a measured velocity of an object satisfies

Vr={ 2 gL (1−cos Φ m )}1/2.

determining that the object has a motion characteristic of a motion of an arm of a person who is moving at a predetermined velocity, or

in a case where Vh denotes a walking velocity of the person and W denotes a walking stride of the person, when a measured period Ta of an object satisfies

Ta= 2 W/Vh.

determining that the object has a motion characteristic of a motion of an arm of a person who is moving at a predetermined velocity.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer program instructions, which when executed by an electronic device, cause the electronic device to:

transmit a transmission wave from a transmission antenna;

receive, from a reception antenna, a reflected wave that is the transmission wave having been reflected; and

detect an object that reflects the transmission wave, based on a transmission signal transmitted as the transmission wave and a reception signal received as the reflected wave, wherein,

among objects located around the electronic device, an object having a motion characteristic of a motion of an arm of a person is detected as a target; and

wherein

in a case where Vh denotes a walking velocity of the person, g denotes a gravitational acceleration, L denotes a length of the arm of the person, and Φm denotes a maximum angle of the arm swung by the person, when a relative velocity Vr obtained by subtracting the velocity Vh from a measured velocity of an object satisfies

Vr={ 2 gL (1−cos Φ m )}1/2,

determine that the object has a motion characteristic of a motion of an arm of a person who is moving at a predetermined velocity, or

in a case where Vh denotes a walking velocity of the person and W denotes a walking stride of the person, when a measured period Ta of an object satisfies

Ta= 2 W/Vh,

determine that the object has a motion characteristic of a motion of an arm of a person who is moving at a predetermined velocity.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2022
From: HOMMA, TAKUYA; SAHARA, TOORU; SATO, MASAYUKI; NISHIKIDO, MASAMITSU; MURAKAMI, YOUHEI; KAWAJI, SATOSHI
To: KYOCERA CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-222346 · Dec 9, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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