IP Library Granted Patent US 10,038,465
Granted Patent B2
US 10,038,465 · App. 15/671,963 · Granted Jul 31, 2018

Apparatus and method for controlling power

Inventors: Yong-Jun Park (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Namjun Cho (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
H04B1/3838H04W52/226H04W52/228H04W52/283H04W52/34H04W52/367
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Patent No.
US 10,038,465
App. No.
15/671,963
Granted
Jul 31, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device includes a communication unit; a memory storing instructions; and a processor, coupled to the communication unit and memory, to execute instructions to determine, based on at least one of a state of the electronic device and a distance between the electronic device and a user, a value of specific absorption rate (SAR) corresponding to the value of SAR that corresponds to a power of the electronic device; determine, based on the SAR, an average SAR on a designated time interval; determine, in response to the average SAR being greater than a first designated value, a reference value limiting a maximum power of the electronic device; and transmit a signal based on the determined reference value through the communication unit, wherein the reference value includes a value obtained by subtracting a second designated value from a value of maximum output power of the electronic device.

Claims (91)

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a communication unit;

a memory storing instructions; and

a processer, coupled to the communication unit and the memory, configured to execute the instructions to:

determine, based on at least one of a state of the electronic device and a distance between the electronic device and a user of the electronic device, a value of specific absorption rate (SAR) corresponding to a power of the electronic device;

determine, based on the determined value of SAR, an average value of SAR on a designated time interval;

determine, in response to the average value of SAR being greater than a first designated value, a reference value limiting a maximum power of the electronic device; and

transmit a signal based on the determined reference value through the communication unit,

wherein the reference value comprises a value obtained by subtracting a second designated value from a value of maximum output power of the electronic device.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the instructions to:

determine a SAR table based on at least one of the state of the electronic device and the distance between the electronic device and the user of the electronic device; and

determine, based on the determined SAR table, the value of SAR corresponding to the value of SAR that corresponds to the power of the electronic device.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the instructions to:

determine a SAR table set corresponding to the state of the electronic device; and

determine, based on the distance between the electronic device and the user of the electronic device, the SAR table among the determined SAR table set.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the instructions to:

identify a transmission rate of one or more uplink packets; and

based on the identified transmission rate, determine whether to change a transmission cycle of the signal of the electronic device.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the instructions to:

if the transmission rate is less than a designated minimum value, change a transmission cycle of the signal from a first value to a second value,

wherein the second value is greater than the first value; and

determine the reference value with the value of maximum output power.

6. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the second value is determined based on the second designated value, and

wherein the second designated value is determined based on at least one of the state of the electronic device and the distance between the electronic device and the user of the electronic device.

7. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the instructions to:

if the transmission rate on the second value is less than the designated minimum value, change the transmission cycle of the signal from the second value to the first value; and

determine the reference value,

wherein the reference value comprises the value obtained by subtracting the second designated value from the value of maximum output power of the electronic device.

8. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the second value is determined based on an equation as follows:

Transmission

Cycle

=

Floor

10

P

backoff

10

wherein Transmission Cycle is the second value, P backoff is the second designated value, and Floor is a function to round an input number down below a decimal point.

9. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the instructions to:

determine the transmission cycle of the signal with the first value, in response to the transmission rate being greater than a designated maximum value; and

determine that the reference value comprises the value obtained by subtracting the second designated value from the value of maximum output power of the electronic device.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the instructions to determine the reference value with the value of maximum output power in response to the determined average value of SAR being less than the second value.

11. A method of an electronic device, the method comprising:

determining, based on at least one of a state of the electronic device and a distance between the electronic device and a user of the electronic device, a value of specific absorption rate (SAR) corresponding to a power of the electronic device;

determining, based on the determined value of SAR, an average value of SAR on a designated time interval;

determining, in response to the average value of SAR being greater than a first designated value, a reference value limiting a maximum power of the electronic device; and

transmitting a signal based on the determined reference value,

wherein the reference value comprises a value obtained by subtracting a second designated value from a value of maximum output power of the electronic device.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

determining a SAR table based on at least one of the state of the electronic device and the distance between the electronic device and a user of the electronic device; and

determining, based on the determined SAR table, the value of SAR corresponding to the value of SAR that corresponds to the power of the electronic device.

13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

determining a SAR table set corresponding to the state of the electronic device; and

determining, based on the distance between the electronic device and the user of the electronic device, the SAR table among the determined SAR table set.

14. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

identifying a transmission rate of one or more uplink packets; and

based on the identified transmission rate, determining whether to change a transmission cycle of the signal of the electronic device.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

if the transmission rate is less than a designated minimum value, changing a transmission cycle of the signal from a first value to a second value, wherein the second value is greater than the first value; and

determining the reference value with the value of maximum output power.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the second value is determined based on the second designated value, and

wherein the second designated value is determined based on at least one of the state of the electronic device and the distance between the electronic device and the user of the electronic device.

17. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

if the transmission rate on the second value is less than the designated minimum value, changing the transmission cycle of the signal from the second value to the first value; and

determining the reference value,

wherein the reference value comprises the value obtained by subtracting the second designated value from the value of maximum output power of the electronic device.

18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the second value is determined based on an equation as follows:

Transmission

Cycle

=

Floor

10

P

backoff

10

wherein Transmission Cycle is the second value, P backoff is the second designated value, and Floor is a function to round an input number down below a decimal point.

19. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

determining the transmission cycle of the signal with the first value, in response to the transmission rate being greater than a designated maximum value; and

determining that the reference value comprises the value obtained by subtracting the second designated value from the value of maximum output power of the electronic device.

20. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

determining the reference value with the value of maximum output power in response to the determined average value of SAR being less than the second value.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 10, 2017
From: PARK, YONG-JUN; CHO, NAMJUN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0116604 · Sep 9, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180076844A1 · Mar 15, 2018
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