ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING LOCATION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• Main Authors: JOO, Sungjung, JE, Seongmin, KIM, Jongho, CHOI, Kyonggon, LEE, Yunwoo
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 16.12.2021
• Subjects: ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; MEASURING; PHYSICS; RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; TESTING; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

According to various embodiments, an electronic device comprises: a housing; a touchscreen display viewed through a part of the housing; at least one communication module located inside the housing; a processor located inside the housing and operationally connected to the display and the at least one communication module; and a memory located inside the housing and operationally connected to the processor, wherein the memory is provided to store a location measurement map, and can store instructions allowing, when executed, the processor to check the location of the electronic device by using the communication module, determine a block corresponding to the location of the electronic device on the location measurement map on the basis of at least a portion of the checked location of the electronic device, determine the location measurement method on the basis of at least a portion of priority information about a position source for the determined block and position source information about the electronic device, and measure the final location of the electronic device by means of the determined location measurement method by using the communication module. Other embodiments are possible.