Sony patents method where phones tell cell towers their exact tilt
Sony has been granted a patent for a way to improve mobile connections by having devices report their physical orientation, such as pitch, roll, and yaw, to the network. The cell tower then uses this position data to adjust its communication settings specifically for that device.
In the filing’s own words
A method of configuring communications in a mobile telecommunications system, the mobile telecommunications system comprising a radio node and at least a terminal, wherein the radio node is configured to provide an air interface to the terminal for communicating with the terminal. The method comprises: the terminal determining position information for the terminal; the terminal transmitting a control message to the radio node, the control message notifying the radio node of the position information for the terminal; and the radio node determining one or more configuration for communicating with at least the terminal based on the position information.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method of configuring communications in a mobile telecommunications system, the mobile telecommunications system comprising a radio node and at least a terminal, wherein the radio node is configured to provide an air interface to the terminal for communicating with the terminal, wherein the method comprises: the terminal determining position information for the terminal, wherein the position information comprises orientation information comprising one or more of a pitch, roll and yaw measurement; the terminal transmitting a control message to the radio node, the control message notifying the radio node of the position information for the terminal; and the radio node determining one or more configuration for communicating with at least the terminal based on the position information.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (Sony Group Corporation)
- Official title
- Methods, system, terminal, radio node and circuitry
- Patent number
- US12745055B2
- Application number
- 18563956
- Filed
- Mar 31, 2022
- Granted
- Sep 22, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 12
Classified under
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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