IP Library Granted Patent US 12,204,045
Granted Patent B2
US 12,204,045 · App. 17/282,338 · Granted Jan 21, 2025

Electronic device, control method of electronic device, and control program of electronic device

Inventors: Masamitsu Nishikido (Yokohama, JP); Satoshi Kawaji (Yokohama, JP); Masayuki Sato (Yokohama, JP); Takuya Homma (Yokohama, JP); Tooru Sahara (Yokohama, JP); Youhei Murakami (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
G01S7/40G01S13/42G01S13/931
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Patent No.
US 12,204,045
App. No.
17/282,338
Granted
Jan 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device comprises: a plurality of transmission antennas configured to transmit transmission waves; a plurality of reception antennas configured to receive reflected waves resulting from reflection of the transmission waves; and a controller configured to detect an object reflecting the transmission waves, based on a transmission signal transmitted as the transmission waves and a reception signal received as the reflected waves. The controller is configured to determine a band part used to transmit the transmission waves in a predetermined frequency band, depending on an incidence angle when the reception antennas receive the reflected waves.

Claims (26)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a plurality of transmission antennas configured to transmit transmission waves;

a plurality of reception antennas configured to receive reflected waves resulting from reflection of the transmission waves; and

a controller configured to detect an object reflecting the transmission waves, based on a transmission signal transmitted as the transmission waves and a reception signal received as the reflected waves,

wherein

the controller is configured to determine a band part used to transmit subsequent transmission waves in a predetermined frequency band, depending on an incidence angle of the reflected waves with reference to the reception antennas when the reception antennas receive the reflected waves; and

the controller is configured to determine the band part as a band part whose frequency is lower than or equal to a predetermined frequency in the predetermined frequency band, in the case where the incidence angle is greater than or equal to a predetermined angle.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the incidence angle is an angle between a straight line corresponding to a direction in which the reflected waves are incident on the reception antennas and a perpendicular line to a direction in which the plurality of reception antennas are arranged.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to determine the band part as a band part whose frequency is lower than a center frequency of the predetermined frequency band, in the case where the incidence angle is greater than or equal to a first angle.

4. The electronic device according to claim 3 , wherein the controller is configured to determine the band part as a band part whose center frequency is lower than the center frequency of the predetermined frequency band, in the case where the incidence angle is greater than or equal to the first angle.

5. The electronic device according to claim 4 , wherein the controller is configured to determine the band part as a band part whose center frequency is higher than or equal to the center frequency of the predetermined frequency band, in the case where the incidence angle is less than the first angle.

6. The electronic device according to claim 5 , wherein the controller is configured to determine the band part as a band part whose center frequency is higher than or equal to a predetermined frequency that is higher than the center frequency of the predetermined frequency band, in the case where the incidence angle is less than a second angle that is less than the first angle.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to determine the band part used to transmit the transmission waves in the predetermined frequency band, based on a position of the object.

8. The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein the controller is configured to dynamically vary the band part used to transmit the transmission waves in the predetermined frequency band, depending on the position of the object.

9. A control method of an electronic device, comprising:

transmitting transmission waves from a plurality of transmission antennas;

receiving reflected waves resulting from reflection of the transmission waves, by a plurality of reception antennas;

detecting an object reflecting the transmission waves, based on a transmission signal transmitted as the transmission waves and a reception signal received as the reflected waves;

determining, by a controller, an incidence angle of the reflected waves with reference to the reception antennas upon the reception antennas receiving the reflected waves, and determining, by the controller, a band part whose frequency is lower than or equal to a predetermined frequency in a predetermined frequency band upon the incidence angle being greater than or equal to a predetermined angle; and

transmitting subsequent transmission waves in the determined band part from the plurality of transmission antennas.

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

transmit transmission waves from a plurality of transmission antennas;

receive reflected waves resulting from reflection of the transmission waves, by a plurality of reception antennas;

detect an object reflecting the transmission waves, based on a transmission signal transmitted as the transmission waves and a reception signal received as the reflected waves;

determine a band part used to transmit subsequent transmission waves in a predetermined frequency band, depending on an incidence angle of the reflected waves with reference to the reception antennas when the reception antennas receive the reflected waves; and

determine the band part as a band part whose frequency is lower than or equal to a predetermined frequency in the predetermined frequency band, in the case where the incidence angle is greater than or equal to a predetermined angle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2021
From: NISHIKIDO, MASAMITSU; KAWAJI, SATOSHI; SATO, MASAYUKI; HOMMA, TAKUYA; SAHARA, TOORU; MURAKAMI, YOUHEI
To: KYOCERA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055802/0308 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-190428 · Oct 5, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210349181A1 · Nov 11, 2021
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