# US 12,114,282 B2 · Electronic apparatus, electronic system, and method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,114,282 B2 - Document ID: US12114282B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/689,520 - Filed: 2022-03-08 - Published: 2023-02-09 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2021-07-29 - Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba - Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba - Inventors: Daisuke Uchida; Takafumi Sakamoto; Koji Akita - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12114282B2 ## CPC - H04W 64/00: Locating users or terminals {or network equipment} for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management - H04W 64/006: {with additional information processing, e.g. for direction or speed determination} - H04B 17/27: for locating or positioning the transmitter - H04B 17/391: Modelling the propagation channel - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04B: TRANSMISSION ## Abstract According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a processor configured to estimate positions where wireless devices communicating each other are located from position candidates based on position candidate information indicating the position candidates of the wireless devices and from first communication information in communication using a first propagation path between the wireless devices to N-th communication information in communication using a N-th propagation path (N: an integer of 2 or more) between the wireless devices. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic apparatus comprising: a processor configured to narrow down positions where wireless devices communicating with each other are located from position candidates of the wireless devices based on (i) position candidate information indicating the position candidates of the wireless devices, (ii) first to N-th received power information related to received power in communication using first to N-th propagation paths between the wireless devices, where N is an integer of 3 or more, and (iii) wireless device identification information of the wireless devices, wherein a number of the wireless devices is 4 or more. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to: assume a first arrangement and a second arrangement where the wireless devices are located from the position candidates based on the position candidate information, generate a first distribution of received power in the first arrangement and a second distribution of received power in the second arrangement based on from the first to N-th received power information, and narrow down the positions where the wireless devices are located from the position candidates based on the first distribution and the second distribution. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The electronic apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the processor is configured to: calculate a first fittability between the first distribution and a first predetermined distribution and calculate a second fittability between the second distribution and a second predetermined distribution, and estimate an arrangement of the wireless devices in a distribution having a higher fittability in the first fittability and the second fittability as the positions where the wireless devices are located. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The electronic apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the processor is configured to: generate, based on the first to N-th received power information, a first sub-distribution of received power assuming that a distance between the wireless devices is a first distance in the first arrangement, and generate, based on the first to N-th received power information and the first sub-distribution, a second sub-distribution of received power assuming that a distance between the wireless devices is a second distance in the first arrangement, and wherein the first distribution includes the first sub-distribution and the second sub-distribution. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The electronic apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the processor is configured to: calculate a first mode value of a first predetermined distribution fitting the first sub-distribution, calculate a second mode value of a second predetermined distribution fitting a distribution of received power assuming that a distance between the wireless devices is a second distance in the first arrangement, the distribution being generated based on the first to N-th received power information, correct the first to N-th received power information used to generate the first sub-distribution based on a difference between the first mode value and the second mode value, and generate the second sub-distribution based on the first to N-th received power information and the corrected first to N-th received power information. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to: assume first to n-th arrangements where the wireless devices are located from the position candidates based on the position candidate information, where n is an integer equal to or greater than 2, generate first to n-th distributions of received power in the first to n-th arrangements based on the first to N-th received power information, calculate first to n-th fittabilities between the first to n-th distributions and first to n-th predetermined distributions, and estimate an arrangement of the wireless devices in a distribution having a highest fittability among the first to n-th fittabilities as the positions where the wireless devices are located. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first propagation path to the N-th propagation path differ in at least one of: a time period in which communication is performed between the wireless devices, an airflow between the wireless devices, whether a fan for stirring the airflow between the wireless devices is driven, a frequency band used in communication between the wireless devices, a polarized wave used in communication between the wireless devices, an antenna used in communication between the wireless devices, presence or absence of vibration generated in the wireless devices which communicate, a level of the vibration, or directivity of a signal in communication between the wireless devices. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a storage to hold the first to N-th received power information, wherein the processor is configured to cause the storage to hold the first to N-th received power information. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an outputter configured to output information indicating the position where the wireless device is located. ### Claim 10 An electronic system comprising: an electronic apparatus including a processor configured to narrow down positions where wireless devices communicating with each other are located from position candidates of the wireless devices based on (i) position candidate information indicating the position candidates of the wireless devices, (ii) first to N-th received power information related to received power in communication using first to N-th propagation paths between the wireless devices, where N is an integer of 3 or more, and (iii) wireless device identification information of the wireless devices; and the wireless devices, wherein a number of the wireless devices is 4 or more. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The electronic system according to claim 10, further comprising: a housing case; and a shield provided between the wireless devices in the housing case, wherein the wireless devices are inside the housing case, and at least two of the wireless devices communicate with each other via the shield. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The electronic system according to claim 11, further comprising a fan generating an airflow in the housing case, wherein the first propagation path and a second propagation path are determined depending on whether or not the fan is driven. ### Claim 13 A method comprising: narrowing down positions where wireless devices communicating with each other are located from position candidates of the wireless devices based on (i) position candidate information indicating the position candidates of the wireless devices, (ii) first to N-th received power information related to received power in communication using first to N-th propagation paths between the wireless devices, where N is an integer of 3 or more, and (iii) wireless device identification information of the wireless devices, wherein a number of the wireless devices is 4 or more.