Wireless Tag Signal Pattern Matching for Reliable Proximity Actions

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing wireless tagging technologies rely on wireless signal strength for determining proximity, which is unreliable due to varying factors, leading to inconsistent and error-prone service delivery.

Innovation Solution

An electronic apparatus that creates customized wireless tag information for each external device by analyzing signal strength patterns and sensing values, allowing reliable wireless tag operations based on predefined threshold values and duration thresholds.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If wireless signal strength is used to determine proximity for wireless tagging, then the system can provide basic wireless tag services, but the service reliability is low due to signal strength variations from various factors

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice reliabilityVSAvoidproximity detection precision
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by storing multiple signal strength threshold values and corresponding operation information in advance for different external devices. When a wireless signal is received, the system checks against pre-stored thresholds to determine the appropriate operation, avoiding the need for real-time complex calculations and improving both reliability and response speed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The invention changes the parameter approach by using multiple signal strength threshold values instead of a single threshold. The system stores first, second, and third signal strength threshold values with corresponding first, second, and third operation information, allowing it to adapt to varying signal conditions and improve service reliability across different scenarios.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Reliability

If multiple signal strength threshold values and operation information are stored for each external device, then service reliability improves, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvewireless tag operation reliabilityVSAvoidinformation storage complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the operation information into distinct categories corresponding to different signal strength ranges. By dividing the signal strength spectrum into multiple thresholds (first, second, third thresholds) with associated operations, the system organizes complex information into manageable segments that are easier to store and retrieve.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements dynamic adaptability by storing multiple threshold values and operation information that can be flexibly selected based on actual signal conditions. This dynamic structure allows the system to adjust to different external devices and signal environments without requiring a completely different architecture, balancing complexity with functionality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentEP4210364B1Electronic device and operation method thereof
Publication Date: 2026.02.11 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

Provided is an electronic apparatus and an operating method thereof. The electronic apparatus includes a wireless communication module, a memory storing one or more instructions, and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory to receive a wireless signal from an external device through the wireless communication module, obtain identification information of the external device and a signal strength of the wireless signal from the wireless signal, identify whether the obtained signal strength corresponds to a signal strength pattern stored in correspondence to the identification information of the external device, and perform an operation corresponding to the identification information of the external device, based on the obtained signal strength being identified to correspond to the stored signal strength pattern.