CN113099036B - Control method and device of millimeter wave antenna module and electronic equipment - Google Patents
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Abstract
The application discloses a control method and device of a millimeter wave antenna module and electronic equipment, and belongs to the technical field of communication. The method is applied to electronic equipment, the electronic equipment is provided with N millimeter wave antenna modules, the working modes of the millimeter wave antenna modules comprise a communication mode for communicating with a base station and a detection mode for detecting whether an object is close to the electronic equipment, and the method comprises the following steps: controlling M millimeter wave antenna modules of the N millimeter wave antenna modules to be in the detection mode, and controlling T millimeter wave antenna modules of the N millimeter wave antenna modules to be in the communication mode or the sleep mode; n, M, T are positive integers, N is greater than or equal to 2, and the sum of M and T is equal to N. Like this, under the condition that does not need SAR sensor, can survey whether the object is close to electronic equipment to, adopt the mode of polling, control a plurality of millimeter wave antenna module and carry out the timesharing and survey, can reduce electronic equipment's consumption.
Description
Technical Field
The application belongs to the technical field of communication, and particularly relates to a control method and device for a millimeter wave antenna module and electronic equipment.
Background
Fifth generation mobile communication technology (5G) can provide higher communication speed, lower latency, and a larger number of simultaneous connections than previous generation technologies. Among them, the millimeter wave communication technology with a frequency band above 20GHz is one of the key technologies in the 5G technology because of having a very wide communication bandwidth. Since the millimeter wave band is divided into 5G bands in many countries and regions in the world, various electronic products, particularly mobile communication terminals such as mobile phones, equipped with millimeter wave antenna modules will be increasing in the future.
Meanwhile, in order to make the mobile terminal have a better communication effect, a plurality of antennas are generally disposed within the mobile terminal. In the process of using the mobile terminal, when a user approaches an antenna which is transmitting signals, the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) value of a corresponding part of the user exceeds a standard, and the user is injured. For this reason, in the related art, whether a human body approaches a mobile terminal is detected by providing a plurality of SAR sensors. However, the plurality of antennas and the sensor operate simultaneously, and the power consumption of the device is large.
Disclosure of Invention
The embodiment of the application aims to provide a control method and device of a millimeter wave antenna module and electronic equipment, and at least the problem that when a human body is detected to be close to the electronic equipment, a plurality of antennas and sensors are required to work simultaneously, and the power consumption of the equipment is large can be solved.
In order to solve the technical problem, the present application is implemented as follows:
in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for controlling a millimeter wave antenna module, which is applied to an electronic device, where the electronic device is provided with N millimeter wave antenna modules, and a working mode of each millimeter wave antenna module includes a communication mode for communicating with a base station and a detection mode for detecting whether an object is close to the electronic device, where the method includes:
controlling M millimeter wave antenna modules of the N millimeter wave antenna modules to be in the detection mode, and controlling T millimeter wave antenna modules of the N millimeter wave antenna modules to be in the communication mode or the sleep mode;
n, M, T are positive integers, N is greater than or equal to 2, and the sum of M and T is equal to N.
In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a control apparatus for a millimeter wave antenna module, which is applied to an electronic device, the electronic device is provided with N millimeter wave antenna modules, an operating mode of the millimeter wave antenna modules includes a communication mode for communicating with a base station and a detection mode for detecting whether an object is close to the electronic device, the apparatus includes:
the first control module is used for controlling M millimeter wave antenna modules in the N millimeter wave antenna modules to be in the detection mode and controlling T millimeter wave antenna modules in the N millimeter wave antenna modules to be in the communication mode or the sleep mode;
n, M, T are positive integers, N is greater than or equal to 2, and the sum of M and T is equal to N.
In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, which includes a processor, a memory, and a program or instructions stored on the memory and executable on the processor, and when executed by the processor, the program or instructions implement the steps of the method according to the first aspect.
In a fourth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a readable storage medium, on which a program or instructions are stored, which when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the method according to the first aspect.
In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a chip, where the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, where the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to execute a program or instructions to implement the method according to the first aspect.
In the embodiment of the present application, M millimeter wave antenna modules among the N millimeter wave antenna modules are controlled to be in the detection mode, and T millimeter wave antenna modules among the N millimeter wave antenna modules are controlled to be in the communication mode or the sleep mode, where N, M, T are positive integers, N is greater than or equal to 2, and the sum of M and T is equal to N. Like this, under the condition that does not need SAR sensor, utilize millimeter wave antenna module can realize surveying whether the object is close to electronic equipment to, adopt the mode of polling, control a plurality of millimeter wave antenna modules and carry out the timesharing and survey, can reduce electronic equipment's consumption.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 1 taken along line A-A of FIG. 1;
fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a millimeter wave antenna module according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;
fig. 4 is a schematic flowchart of a method for controlling a millimeter wave antenna module according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;
fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a control device of a millimeter wave antenna module according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;
fig. 6 is a schematic hardware structure diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;
fig. 7 is a schematic hardware structure diagram of another electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.
The terms first, second and the like in the description and in the claims of the present application are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used is interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the application are capable of operation in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein. In addition, "and/or" in the specification and claims means at least one of connected objects, a character "/" generally means that a preceding and succeeding related objects are in an "or" relationship.
The following describes the control method of the millimeter wave antenna module according to the embodiment of the present application in detail through a specific embodiment and an application scenario thereof with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The electronic device provided with the millimeter wave antenna module will be described first.
The electronic equipment is provided with N millimeter wave antenna modules, wherein N is a positive integer and is more than or equal to 2.
Referring to fig. 1, the electronic device includes a housing 1 and N millimeter wave antenna modules 2, where the N millimeter wave antenna modules 2 are located in the housing 1 and are disposed near an annular frame 11 of the housing 1, and radiation directions of the N millimeter wave antenna modules are different.
Illustratively, the housing 1 includes an annular rim 11 and a base plate 12 connected to the annular rim 11. The annular frame 11 includes four frame portions connected end to end in sequence. For example, the annular rim 11 is rectangular.
It can be understood that, the millimeter wave antenna module 2, adjacent to the annular frame 11 of the housing 1, may further include: the surface of the millimeter wave antenna module 2 is flush with the annular frame 11, which is not particularly limited in the embodiment of the present application.
It should be noted that the number and the arrangement of the millimeter wave antenna modules 2 may be set according to the actual needs of those skilled in the art.
In some embodiments of the present application, the electronic device includes four millimeter wave antenna modules 2. For example, referring to fig. 1, four millimeter wave antenna modules 2 correspond to four frame portions one to one, and each millimeter wave antenna module 2 is disposed near the corresponding frame portion. That is, one millimeter wave antenna module 2, i.e., the first millimeter wave antenna module 2a, the second millimeter wave antenna module 2b, the third millimeter wave antenna module 2c, and the fourth millimeter wave antenna module 2d in the figure, is respectively disposed on the left side, the right side, the top, and the bottom of the electronic device. The signal radiation range of the millimeter wave antenna module 2a located on the right side is range a, the signal radiation range of the millimeter wave antenna module 2B located on the bottom side is range B, the signal radiation range of the millimeter wave antenna module 2C located on the left side is range C, and the signal radiation range of the millimeter wave antenna module 2D located on the top side is range D. In this application embodiment, four millimeter wave antenna modules are arranged on four frame portions of the annular frame corresponding to the electronic equipment, so that the electronic equipment can be scanned in all directions, and whether a human body is close to the electronic equipment can be detected accurately.
In this embodiment, the millimeter wave antenna module has a plurality of operating modes, and the operating modes include a communication mode for communicating with the base station, a detection mode for detecting whether an object is close to the electronic device, and a tracking mode for detecting whether an object is far from the electronic device at preset time intervals. In the communication mode, the electronic device may communicate with the base station through the millimeter wave antenna module. In the detection mode, the millimeter wave antenna module is used for detecting whether an object is close to the electronic equipment, for example, whether a human body is close to the electronic equipment, so that when the human body is close to the millimeter wave antenna module of the electronic equipment, the transmitting power of the millimeter wave antenna module is adjusted, and the damage of electromagnetic radiation to the human body is reduced. In the tracking mode, the millimeter wave antenna module detects whether an object is far away from the electronic device at preset intervals, for example, whether a human body is far away from the electronic device. In the embodiment of the present application, M millimeter wave antenna modules in the N millimeter wave antenna modules are controlled to be in a detection mode, and T millimeter wave antenna modules in the N millimeter wave antenna modules are controlled to be in a communication mode or a sleep mode, where N, M, T are positive integers, N is greater than or equal to 2, and the sum of M and T is equal to N. Like this, whether utilize millimeter wave antenna module can survey the object and be close to electronic equipment to, adopt the mode of polling, control a plurality of millimeter wave antenna modules and carry out the timesharing and survey, further can reduce electronic equipment's consumption.
In some embodiments, each millimeter wave antenna module includes multiple antenna arrays, and the radiation directions of the multiple antenna arrays are different.
Illustratively, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the millimeter wave antenna module includes a substrate 21, a first antenna array 22, a second antenna array 23, and a third antenna array 24.
The substrate 21 has a first side 21a facing the base plate 12, a second side 21b opposite to the first side 21a, and a third side 21c facing the annular frame 11. The first antenna array 22 is disposed at the first side 21a, and the first antenna array 22 includes at least two first antenna elements 221. The second antenna array 23 is arranged at the third side 21c, and the second antenna array 23 comprises at least two second antenna elements 231. The third antenna array 24 is disposed on the second side 21b, and the third antenna array 24 includes at least two third antenna elements 241.
Taking the millimeter wave antenna module located at the right side of the electronic device as an example, referring to fig. 2, the first antenna array 22 is close to the bottom plate 12 (the battery back cover of the electronic device) of the electronic device for performing scanning detection on the bottom plate side, that is, the signal radiation range of the first antenna array 22 is a range a 1. The second antenna array 23 is close to the right side frame of the electronic device, and is used for scanning and detecting the right side, that is, the signal radiation range of the second antenna array 23 is a range a 2. A third antenna array 24. Close to the screen of the electronic device for scanning detection on the screen side, i.e. the signal radiation range of the third antenna array 24 is range a 3.
In the embodiment of the application, the antenna arrays are arranged on the first side face, the second side face and the third side face of the substrate, so that 360-degree space scanning detection on the periphery of the electronic device can be realized, the direction of the human body approaching can be accurately achieved, and further the transmitting power of the corresponding antenna can be adjusted according to the direction of the human body approaching, so that the harm of electromagnetic radiation to the human body is reduced.
Optionally, the substrate 21 is used to encapsulate the antenna unit, and the material of the substrate 21 may be set according to actual needs, which is not further limited herein.
The number of the first antenna unit 221, the second antenna unit 231, and the third antenna unit 241 may be set according to actual needs. For example, referring back to fig. 3, the number of the first antenna units 221, the second antenna units 231, and the third antenna units 241 is four, and the distance between any two adjacent first antenna units 221 is the same, the distance between any two adjacent second antenna units 231 is the same, and the distance between any two adjacent third antenna units 241 is the same, and further, the distance between two adjacent first antenna units 221, the distance between two adjacent second antenna units 231, and the distance between two adjacent third antenna units 241 may also be set to be the same. Specifically, the size of the gap may be set according to actual needs, and is not further limited herein.
In this embodiment, when an object is detected to approach the electronic device, which antenna array the object approaches may be further detected, so as to switch the corresponding antenna array to the tracking mode, and control whether other antenna arrays and the time-sharing detection object approach the electronic device, so that the detection accuracy is improved, and the power consumption of the device may be further reduced.
The embodiment of the application provides a control method of a millimeter wave antenna module. The method can be applied to the electronic device provided in the foregoing embodiment, and referring to the flowchart shown in fig. 4, the method includes the following step S1100.
Step S1100, controlling M millimeter wave antenna modules in the N millimeter wave antenna modules to be in the detection mode, and controlling T millimeter wave antenna modules in the N millimeter wave antenna modules to be in the communication mode or the sleep mode; n, M, T are positive integers, N is greater than or equal to 2, and the sum of M and T is equal to N.
In this embodiment, M may be 1, or may be a positive integer greater than 1.
Illustratively, each millimeter wave antenna module in the N millimeter wave antenna modules is sequentially switched to a detection mode, and other millimeter wave antenna modules in the N millimeter wave antenna modules are switched to a communication mode or a sleep mode. That is to say, at a certain moment, one millimeter wave antenna module of the N millimeter wave antenna modules is controlled to be in a detection mode, and other millimeter wave antenna modules of the plurality of millimeter wave antenna modules are controlled to be in a communication mode or a sleep mode; and at the next moment which is separated from the moment by a certain time interval, controlling another millimeter wave antenna module in the plurality of millimeter wave antenna modules to be in a detection mode, and controlling other millimeter wave antenna modules in the plurality of millimeter wave antenna modules to be in a communication mode or a sleep mode. Like this to the polling mode, switch over each millimeter wave antenna module in a plurality of millimeter wave antenna modules into the detection mode in proper order, when realizing that the detection object is close to electronic equipment, can reduce electronic equipment's consumption.
Illustratively, a part of the N millimeter wave antenna modules are sequentially switched to a detection mode, and the rest of the N millimeter wave antenna modules are switched to a communication mode or a sleep mode. That is to say, at a certain moment, a part of the millimeter wave antenna modules in the N millimeter wave antenna modules are controlled to be in the detection mode, and the rest of the millimeter wave antenna modules in the plurality of millimeter wave antenna modules are controlled to be in the communication mode or the sleep mode; and at the next moment which is separated from the moment by a certain time interval, controlling another part of the millimeter wave antenna modules in the plurality of millimeter wave antenna modules to be in a detection mode, and controlling the rest millimeter wave antenna modules in the plurality of millimeter wave antenna modules to be in a communication mode or a sleep mode. Like this, control some millimeter wave antenna module at every turn and be the detection mode, when realizing that the detection object is close to electronic equipment, can reduce electronic equipment's consumption.
In this embodiment, under the condition that does not need SAR sensor, utilize millimeter wave antenna module can realize surveying whether the object is close to electronic equipment to, adopt the mode of polling, control a plurality of millimeter wave antenna module and carry out the timesharing and survey, can reduce electronic equipment's consumption.
In this embodiment, the millimeter wave antenna module has a plurality of operating modes. In a communication mode, the millimeter wave antenna module works at a preset first transmitting power and a preset first transmitting frequency so as to realize communication with the base station. In the detection mode, the millimeter wave antenna module works at a preset second transmitting power and a preset second transmitting frequency. And the second transmission power is smaller than the first transmission power so as to detect whether the object is close to the electronic equipment. In the detection mode, whether a human body is close to the electronic equipment is detected through the millimeter wave antenna module, so that when the human body is close to the electronic equipment, the transmitting power of the millimeter wave antenna module and the transmitting power of other non-millimeter wave antennas in the electronic equipment are adjusted, and the damage of electromagnetic radiation to the human body is reduced. In addition, in the detection mode, the transmitting power of the millimeter wave antenna module is adjusted, so that the power consumption of the electronic equipment can be further reduced.
In this embodiment, the electronic device may communicate with the base station through the millimeter wave antenna module. The electronic device may also communicate with the base station through a non-millimeter wave antenna module, where the non-millimeter wave antenna module may be, for example, a 2G, 3G, 4G, or other conventional antenna. That is, in the case where the electronic device communicates with the base station through the millimeter wave antenna module for communicating with the base station and detecting whether an object is close to the electronic device, the millimeter wave antenna module may be switched between the communication mode and the detection mode. Under the condition that the electronic equipment is not communicated with the base station through the millimeter wave antenna module, the millimeter wave antenna module is only used for detecting whether an object is close to the electronic equipment, and the millimeter wave antenna module can be switched between a detection mode and a sleep mode.
Taking communication between an electronic device and a base station through a millimeter wave antenna module as an example, the method for controlling the millimeter wave antenna module provided by the embodiment of the present application is introduced.
Referring to fig. 1, the electronic device includes four millimeter wave antenna modules. At time T1, the operating mode of the millimeter wave antenna module 2a is switched to the detection mode, and the operating modes of the millimeter wave antenna module 2b, the millimeter wave antenna module 2c, and the millimeter wave antenna module 2d are switched to the communication mode; at time T2, the operating mode of the millimeter wave antenna module 2b is switched to the detection mode, and the operating modes of the millimeter wave antenna module 2a, the millimeter wave antenna module 2c, and the millimeter wave antenna module 2d are switched to the communication mode; at time T3, the operating mode of the millimeter wave antenna module 2c is switched to the detection mode, and the operating modes of the millimeter wave antenna module 2a, the millimeter wave antenna module 2b, and the millimeter wave antenna module 2d are switched to the communication mode; at time T4, the operation mode of the millimeter wave antenna module 2d is switched to the detection mode, and the operation modes of the millimeter wave antenna module 2a, the millimeter wave antenna module 2b, and the millimeter wave antenna module 2c are switched to the communication mode.
In this embodiment, under the condition that electronic equipment passes through millimeter wave antenna module and base station communication, adopt the mode of polling, switch over each millimeter wave antenna module in a plurality of millimeter wave antenna modules into in proper order and survey the mode, when realizing communicating with the base station, can also survey whether the object is close to electronic equipment to control part millimeter wave antenna module and survey, extra increased power consumption when further can reducing the detection object.
Taking an example that the electronic device does not communicate with the base station through the millimeter wave antenna module, the method for controlling the millimeter wave antenna module provided by the embodiment of the present application is introduced.
With continued reference to fig. 1, the electronic device includes four millimeter wave antenna modules. At time T1, the operating mode of the millimeter wave antenna module 2a is switched to the detection mode, and the operating modes of the millimeter wave antenna module 2b, the millimeter wave antenna module 2c, and the millimeter wave antenna module 2d are switched to the sleep mode; at time T2, the operating mode of the millimeter wave antenna module 2b is switched to the detection mode, and the operating modes of the millimeter wave antenna module 2a, the millimeter wave antenna module 2c, and the millimeter wave antenna module 2d are switched to the sleep mode; at time T3, the operating mode of the millimeter wave antenna module 2c is switched to the detection mode, and the operating modes of the millimeter wave antenna module 2a, the millimeter wave antenna module 2b, and the millimeter wave antenna module 2d are switched to the sleep mode; at time T4, the operation mode of the millimeter wave antenna module 2d is switched to the detection mode, and the operation modes of the millimeter wave antenna module 2a, the millimeter wave antenna module 2b, and the millimeter wave antenna module 2c are switched to the sleep mode.
In this embodiment, when the electronic device does not communicate with the base station through the millimeter wave antenna module, each millimeter wave antenna module in the plurality of millimeter wave antenna modules is sequentially switched to the detection mode in a polling manner, and other millimeter wave antenna modules are switched to the sleep mode, so that whether an object is close to the electronic device is detected, and meanwhile, the power consumption of the electronic device can be further reduced.
In some embodiments of the present application, the operation mode of the millimeter wave antenna module further includes a tracking mode for detecting whether an object is far away from the electronic device every preset time. The control method of the millimeter wave antenna module further comprises the following steps: and controlling a first antenna module to be switched from the detection mode to the tracking mode, wherein the first antenna module is a millimeter wave antenna module of which the signal intensity of the received echo signal is greater than or equal to a first threshold value.
It can be understood that, in the detection mode, the millimeter wave antenna module is controlled to transmit millimeter wave signals and receive echo signals, when the signal strength of the echo signals received by the millimeter wave antenna module is greater than or equal to a first threshold value, it is considered that an object is detected to be close to the electronic device, at this time, the millimeter wave antenna is determined to be the first antenna module, the first antenna module is controlled to be switched from the detection mode to the tracking mode, so that whether the object is far away from the electronic device can be detected, and when the object is detected to be far away from the electronic device, the first antenna module is switched from the tracking mode to the detection mode.
In the tracking mode, the millimeter wave antenna module works with a preset third transmitting power and a preset third transmitting frequency, wherein the third transmitting power is smaller than the second transmitting power. Specifically, the millimeter wave antenna module is controlled to transmit millimeter wave signals at preset intervals and receive echo signals, and when the signal intensity of the echo signals received by the millimeter wave antenna module is smaller than a first threshold value, it is considered that an object is detected to be far away from the electronic equipment. Therefore, in the tracking mode, the millimeter wave antenna module is controlled to work at the third transmitting frequency, and millimeter wave signals are transmitted outwards at preset intervals, so that the power consumption of the electronic equipment can be further reduced. In addition, in the tracking mode, the millimeter wave antenna module is controlled to work at the third transmitting power, so that the damage of electromagnetic radiation to a human body can be further reduced.
It should be noted that there may be one or more first antenna modules.
In some embodiments of the present application, after controlling the first antenna module to switch from the probing mode to the tracking mode, the method for controlling the millimeter wave antenna module further includes: and controlling the first antenna module to be switched from the tracking mode to the probing mode when the signal strength of the echo signal received by the first antenna module is smaller than a first threshold value.
That is to say, when the signal strength of the echo signal received by the first antenna module is smaller than the first threshold, it indicates that the first antenna module detects that the object is away from the electronic device, and at this time, the first antenna module is controlled to be switched from the tracking mode to the detection mode, that is, the step S1100 is returned to, and the multiple millimeter wave antenna modules are controlled to perform time-sharing detection.
In some embodiments of the present embodiment, in the case that the first antenna module is in the tracking mode, whether an object is close to the electronic device may be detected by other millimeter wave antenna modules. In this embodiment, the method for controlling the millimeter wave antenna module further includes: and under the condition that the first antenna module is in the tracking mode, controlling a part of the plurality of second antenna modules to be in the detection mode, and controlling the rest antenna modules to be in the communication mode or the sleep mode.
The second antenna module is a millimeter wave antenna module with the received echo signal strength smaller than the first threshold value. That is, the second antenna module is a millimeter wave antenna module except the first antenna module among the plurality of millimeter wave antenna modules.
In one example, controlling a part of the plurality of second antenna modules to be in the probing mode and controlling the rest of the plurality of second antenna modules to be in the communication mode or the sleep mode may be controlling one of the plurality of second antenna modules to be in the probing mode and controlling the other of the plurality of second antenna modules to be in the communication mode or the sleep mode.
More specifically, the electronic apparatus shown in fig. 1 is taken as an example. When the first millimeter wave antenna module 2a detects that an object approaches, at this time, the first millimeter wave antenna module 2a is controlled to be switched from the detection mode to the tracking mode, and the second millimeter wave antenna module 2b, the third millimeter wave antenna module 2c and the fourth millimeter wave antenna module 2d are in the detection mode at different times.
That is, at time T1, the first millimeter wave antenna module 2a is controlled to be in the tracking mode, the second millimeter wave antenna module 2b is controlled to be in the detection mode, and the third millimeter wave antenna module 2c and the fourth millimeter wave antenna module 2d are controlled to be in the communication mode or the sleep mode; at time T2, the first millimeter wave antenna module 2a is controlled to be in the tracking mode, the third millimeter wave antenna module 2c is controlled to be in the detection mode, and the second millimeter wave antenna module 2b and the fourth millimeter wave antenna module 2d are controlled to be in the communication mode or the sleep mode; at time T3, the first millimeter wave antenna module 2a is controlled to be in the tracking mode, the fourth millimeter wave antenna module 2d is controlled to be in the detection mode, and the second millimeter wave antenna module 2b and the third millimeter wave antenna module 2c are controlled to be in the communication mode or the sleep mode.
In this embodiment, under the condition that the detection object is close to the electronic device, the corresponding millimeter wave antenna module is controlled to be switched from the detection mode to the tracking mode, and other millimeter wave antenna modules are controlled to perform time-sharing detection, and whether the detection object is far away from the electronic device or not is controlled, and the power consumption of the electronic device can be further reduced while the detection precision is improved.
In some embodiments of this embodiment, each millimeter wave antenna module includes a plurality of antenna arrays, radiation directions of the plurality of antenna arrays are different, and the controlling the first antenna module to switch from the probing mode to the tracking mode includes: controlling a target antenna array in the first antenna module to be switched from the detection mode to a tracking mode; the target antenna array is an antenna array with the signal intensity of the received echo signal being greater than or equal to the first threshold value.
It can be understood that, in the detection mode, the antenna array is controlled to transmit millimeter-wave signals and receive echo signals, when the signal intensity of the echo signals received by the antenna array is greater than or equal to a first threshold value, it is considered that an object is detected to be close to the electronic device, at this time, the antenna array is determined as a target antenna array, and the target antenna array is controlled to switch from the detection mode to the tracking mode, so that whether the object is far from the electronic device can be detected, and when the object is detected to be far from the electronic device, the target antenna array is switched from the tracking mode to the detection mode.
In the tracking mode, the target antenna array operates at a preset third transmitting power and a third transmitting frequency, wherein the third transmitting power is smaller than the second transmitting power. Specifically, the target antenna array is controlled to emit millimeter wave signals every preset time and receive echo signals, and when the signal intensity of the echo signals received by the target antenna array is smaller than a first threshold value, it is determined that an object is detected to be far away from the electronic device. Therefore, in the tracking mode, the target antenna array is controlled to work at the third transmitting frequency, millimeter wave signals are transmitted outwards at preset intervals, and the power consumption of the electronic equipment can be further reduced. In addition, in the tracking mode, the target antenna array is controlled to work at the third transmitting power, so that the damage of electromagnetic radiation to a human body can be further reduced.
It should be noted that the target antenna array may be a group or multiple groups.
In some embodiments of the present application, after the controlling the target antenna array in the first antenna module is switched from the probing mode to the tracking mode, the method for controlling the millimeter wave antenna module further includes: and controlling the target antenna array to be switched from the tracking mode to the probing mode under the condition that the signal intensity of the echo signal received by the target antenna array is smaller than a first threshold value.
That is, when the signal intensity of the echo signal received by the target antenna array is smaller than the first threshold, it indicates that the target antenna array detects that the object is far away from the electronic device, and at this time, the target antenna array is controlled to be switched from the tracking mode to the detection mode, that is, the step S1100 is returned, and the plurality of millimeter wave antenna modules are controlled to perform time-sharing detection. In this application embodiment, through the multiunit antenna array that millimeter wave antenna module set up, can realize detecting 360 space scanning all around to electronic equipment to can be accurate the position that the object is close to, further can be according to the position control millimeter wave antenna module work that the object is close to, can improve the precision of surveying, and reduce electronic equipment's consumption.
In some embodiments of the present invention, when the target antenna array in the first antenna module is in the tracking mode, it may be detected whether the object approaches the electronic device through other antenna arrays in the first antenna module and other millimeter wave antenna modules.
Taking communication between an electronic device and a base station through a millimeter wave antenna module as an example, the method for controlling the millimeter wave antenna module provided by the embodiment of the present application is introduced.
Referring to fig. 1 to fig. 3, when the first millimeter wave antenna module 2a detects that an object approaches, the range of the object is further determined, if the signal strength of the echo signal received by the second antenna array 23 in the first millimeter wave antenna module 2a is greater than or equal to the first threshold, that is, the object approaches the second antenna array 23 in the first millimeter wave antenna module 2a, at this time, the plurality of second antenna units 231 of the second antenna array 23 are controlled to be switched from the detecting mode to the tracking mode, and the first antenna array 22 and the third antenna array 24 in the first millimeter wave antenna module 2a, the second millimeter wave antenna module 2b, the third millimeter wave antenna module 2c, and the fourth millimeter wave antenna module 2d are in the detecting mode at different times.
That is, at time T1, the second antenna units 231 of the second antenna array 23 in the first millimeter wave antenna module 2a are controlled to be in the tracking mode, the first antenna array 22 and the third antenna array 24 in the first millimeter wave antenna module 2a are controlled to be in the probing mode, and the second millimeter wave antenna module 2b, the third millimeter wave antenna module 2c, and the fourth millimeter wave antenna module 2d are controlled to be in the communication mode;
at time T2, the second millimeter wave antenna module 2b is controlled to be in the detection mode, the plurality of second antenna units 231 of the second antenna array 23 in the first millimeter wave antenna module 2a are still in the tracking mode, the first antenna array 22 and the third antenna array 24 in the first millimeter wave antenna module 2a are controlled to be in the communication mode, and the third millimeter wave antenna module 2c and the fourth millimeter wave antenna module 2d are controlled to be in the communication mode;
at time T3, the third millimeter wave antenna module 2c is controlled to be in the detection mode, the plurality of second antenna units 231 of the second antenna array 23 in the first millimeter wave antenna module 2a are still in the tracking mode, the first antenna array 22 and the third antenna array 24 in the first millimeter wave antenna module 2a are controlled to be in the communication mode, and the second millimeter wave antenna module 2b and the fourth millimeter wave antenna module 2d are controlled to be in the communication mode;
at time T4, the fourth millimeter wave antenna module 2d is controlled to be in the probe mode, the plurality of second antenna elements 231 of the second antenna array 23 in the first millimeter wave antenna module 2a are still in the tracking mode, the first antenna array 22 and the third antenna array 24 in the first millimeter wave antenna module 2a are controlled to be in the communication mode, and the second millimeter wave antenna module 2b and the third millimeter wave antenna module 2c are controlled to be in the communication mode.
In this application embodiment, through the multiunit antenna array that millimeter wave antenna module set up, can realize detecting 360 space scanning all around to electronic equipment to can be accurate human position of being close to, furtherly can be according to the corresponding antenna's of position adjustment transmitting power that the human is close to, in order to reduce the injury of electromagnetic radiation to the human body. And after the range of the object is determined, part of the antenna arrays of the corresponding millimeter wave antenna module are controlled to be switched from the detection mode to the tracking mode, and other antenna arrays of the millimeter wave antenna module and other millimeter wave antenna modules are in the detection mode in a time sharing mode, so that the detection precision is improved, and meanwhile, the power consumption of equipment can be further reduced.
Taking an example that the electronic device does not communicate with the base station through the millimeter wave antenna module, the method for controlling the millimeter wave antenna module provided by the embodiment of the present application is introduced.
Referring to fig. 1 to fig. 3, when the first millimeter wave antenna module 2a detects that an object approaches, the range of the object is further determined, if the signal strength of the echo signal received by the second antenna array 23 in the first millimeter wave antenna module 2a is greater than or equal to the first threshold, that is, the object approaches the second antenna array 23 in the first millimeter wave antenna module 2a, at this time, the plurality of second antenna units 231 of the second antenna array 23 are controlled to be switched from the detecting mode to the tracking mode, and the first antenna array 22 and the third antenna array 24 in the first millimeter wave antenna module 2a, the second millimeter wave antenna module 2b, the third millimeter wave antenna module 2c, and the fourth millimeter wave antenna module 2d are in the detecting mode at different times.
That is, at time T1, the second antenna units 231 of the second antenna array 23 in the first millimeter wave antenna module 2a are controlled to be in the tracking mode, the first antenna array 22 and the third antenna array 24 in the first millimeter wave antenna module 2a are controlled to be in the probing mode, and the second millimeter wave antenna module 2b, the third millimeter wave antenna module 2c, and the fourth millimeter wave antenna module 2d are controlled to be in the sleep mode;
at time T2, the second millimeter wave antenna module 2b is controlled to be in the detection mode, the plurality of second antenna units 231 of the second antenna array 23 in the first millimeter wave antenna module 2a are still in the tracking mode, the first antenna array 22 and the third antenna array 24 in the first millimeter wave antenna module 2a are controlled to be in the sleep mode, and the third millimeter wave antenna module 2c and the fourth millimeter wave antenna module 2d are controlled to be in the sleep mode;
at time T3, the third millimeter wave antenna module 2c is controlled to be in the detection mode, the plurality of second antenna units 231 of the second antenna array 23 in the first millimeter wave antenna module 2a are still controlled to be in the tracking mode, the first antenna array 22 and the third antenna array 24 in the first millimeter wave antenna module 2a are controlled to be in the sleep mode, and the second millimeter wave antenna module 2b and the fourth millimeter wave antenna module 2d are controlled to be in the sleep mode;
at time T4, the fourth millimeter wave antenna module 2d is controlled to be in the probe mode, the plurality of second antenna units 231 of the second antenna array 23 in the first millimeter wave antenna module 2a are still controlled to be in the tracking mode, the first antenna array 22 and the third antenna array 24 in the first millimeter wave antenna module 2a are controlled to be in the sleep mode, and the second millimeter wave antenna module 2b and the third millimeter wave antenna module 2c are controlled to be in the sleep mode.
In this application embodiment, through the multiunit antenna array that millimeter wave antenna module set up, can realize scanning the detection to 360 spaces around the electronic equipment to can be accurate human position of being close to, further can be according to the corresponding transmitting power of antenna of human position adjustment that is close to, in order to reduce the injury of electromagnetic radiation to the human body. And after the range of the object is determined, part of the antenna arrays of the corresponding millimeter wave antenna module are controlled to be switched into the tracking mode, and other antenna arrays of the millimeter wave antenna module and other millimeter wave antenna modules are in the detection mode in a time-sharing mode, so that the detection precision is improved, and the power consumption of equipment can be further reduced.
It should be noted that, in the control method of the millimeter wave antenna module provided in the embodiment of the present application, the execution main body may be a control device of the millimeter wave antenna module, or, a control module in the control device of the millimeter wave antenna module, which is used for executing the method for controlling the loading of the millimeter wave antenna module. In this embodiment, a method for executing control of loading a millimeter wave antenna module by using a control device of the millimeter wave antenna module is taken as an example, and the method for controlling the millimeter wave antenna module provided in this embodiment is described.
Corresponding to the above method embodiment, this embodiment further provides a control device of a millimeter wave antenna module, where the control device of the millimeter wave antenna module is applied to an electronic device, the electronic device is provided with N millimeter wave antenna modules, and the operating modes of the millimeter wave antenna modules include a communication mode for communicating with a base station and a detection mode for detecting whether an object is close to the electronic device. Referring to fig. 5, the control device 500 of the millimeter wave antenna module includes a first control module 510.
A first control module 510, configured to control M millimeter wave antenna modules among the N millimeter wave antenna modules to be in the detection mode, and control T millimeter wave antenna modules among the N millimeter wave antenna modules to be in the communication mode or the sleep mode;
n, M, T are positive integers, N is greater than or equal to 2, and the sum of M and T is equal to N.
In some embodiments of the present application, the operation mode further includes a tracking mode of detecting whether an object is far away from the electronic device at preset intervals, and the apparatus further includes: the second control module is used for controlling the first antenna module to be switched from the detection mode to the tracking mode; the first antenna module is a millimeter wave antenna module with the received signal intensity of the echo signal being greater than or equal to a first threshold value.
In some embodiments of the present application, the apparatus further comprises: and the third control module is used for controlling the first antenna module to be switched from the tracking mode to the detection mode under the condition that the signal intensity of the echo signal received by the first antenna module is smaller than a first threshold value.
In some embodiments of the present application, the apparatus further comprises: the fourth control module is used for controlling a part of the plurality of second antenna modules to be in a detection mode and controlling the rest of the plurality of second antenna modules to be in a communication mode or a sleep mode under the condition that the first antenna module is in the tracking mode; the second antenna module is a millimeter wave antenna module with the received echo signal strength smaller than the first threshold value.
In some embodiments of the present application, each millimeter wave antenna module includes a plurality of antenna arrays, radiation directions of the antenna arrays are different, and the second control module includes: the first control unit is used for controlling the target antenna array in the first antenna module to be switched from the detection mode to the tracking mode; the target antenna array is an antenna array with the signal intensity of the received echo signal being greater than or equal to the first threshold value.
In some embodiments of the present application, the second control module further comprises: and the second control unit is used for controlling the target antenna array to be switched from the tracking mode to the detection mode under the condition that the signal intensity of the echo signal received by the target antenna array is smaller than a first threshold value.
In this embodiment, under the condition that does not need SAR sensor, utilize millimeter wave antenna module can realize surveying whether the object is close to electronic equipment to, adopt the mode of polling, control a plurality of millimeter wave antenna module and carry out the timesharing and survey, can reduce electronic equipment's consumption.
The control device of the millimeter wave antenna module in the embodiment of the present application may be a device, or may be a component, an integrated circuit, or a chip in a terminal. The device can be mobile electronic equipment or non-mobile electronic equipment. By way of example, the mobile electronic device may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm top computer, a vehicle-mounted electronic device, a wearable device, an ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), a netbook or a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), and the like, and the non-mobile electronic device may be a server, a Network Attached Storage (NAS), a Personal Computer (PC), a Television (TV), a teller machine or a self-service machine, and the like, and the embodiments of the present application are not particularly limited.
The control device of the millimeter wave antenna module in the embodiment of the present application may be a device having an operating system. The operating system may be an Android (Android) operating system, an ios operating system, or other possible operating systems, and embodiments of the present application are not limited specifically.
The control device for the millimeter wave antenna module provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented by the control device for the millimeter wave antenna module in the method embodiment of fig. 4, and is not repeated here for avoiding repetition.
Corresponding to the foregoing embodiments, optionally, as shown in fig. 6, an electronic device 600 is further provided in this embodiment of the present application, and includes a processor 601, a memory 602, and a program or an instruction stored in the memory 602 and capable of running on the processor 601, where the program or the instruction is executed by the processor 601 to implement each process of the above-mentioned embodiment of the control method for a millimeter wave antenna module, and can achieve the same technical effect, and details are not repeated here to avoid repetition.
It should be noted that the electronic devices in the embodiments of the present application include the mobile electronic devices and the non-mobile electronic devices described above.
Fig. 7 is a schematic hardware structure diagram of another electronic device for implementing the embodiment of the present application.
The electronic device 700 includes, but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit 701, a network module 702, an audio output unit 703, an input unit 704, a sensor 705, a display unit 706, a user input unit 707, an interface unit 708, a memory 709, and a processor 710.
Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the electronic device 700 may further comprise a power supply (e.g., a battery) for supplying power to various components, and the power supply may be logically connected to the processor 710 via a power management system, so as to implement functions of managing charging, discharging, and power consumption via the power management system. The electronic device structure shown in fig. 7 does not constitute a limitation of the electronic device, and the electronic device may include more or less components than those shown, or combine some components, or arrange different components, and thus, the description is omitted here.
The electronic equipment is provided with N millimeter wave antenna modules, the working modes of the millimeter wave antenna modules comprise a communication mode for communicating with a base station and a detection mode for detecting whether a detected object is close to the electronic equipment, and the processor 710 is used for controlling M millimeter wave antenna modules in the N millimeter wave antenna modules to be in the detection mode and controlling T millimeter wave antenna modules in the N millimeter wave antenna modules to be in the communication mode or the sleep mode; n, M, T are positive integers, N is greater than or equal to 2, and the sum of M and T is equal to N.
Optionally, the working mode further includes a tracking mode for detecting whether the object is away from the electronic device at preset intervals, and the processor 710 is further configured to control the first antenna module to switch from the detecting mode to the tracking mode; the first antenna module is a millimeter wave antenna module with the received echo signal strength being greater than or equal to a first threshold value.
Optionally, the processor 710 is further configured to, after controlling the first antenna module to switch from the sounding mode to the tracking mode, control the first antenna module to switch from the tracking mode to the sounding mode when the signal strength of the echo signal received by the first antenna module is smaller than a first threshold.
Optionally, the processor 710 is further configured to control a part of the plurality of second antenna modules to be in a probing mode and control the remaining antenna modules to be in a communication mode or a sleep mode when the first antenna module is in the tracking mode; the second antenna module is a millimeter wave antenna module with the received echo signal strength smaller than the first threshold value.
Optionally, each millimeter wave antenna module includes multiple antenna arrays, radiation directions of the multiple antenna arrays are different, and when the processor 710 controls the first antenna module to switch from the detection mode to the tracking mode, the processor may be configured to: controlling a target antenna array in a first antenna module to be switched from the detection mode to the tracking mode; the target antenna array is an antenna array with the signal intensity of the received echo signal being greater than or equal to the first threshold value.
Optionally, after controlling the target antenna array in the first antenna module to switch from the sounding mode to the tracking mode, the processor 710 is further configured to control the target antenna array to switch from the tracking mode to the sounding mode when the signal strength of the echo signal received by the target antenna array is smaller than a first threshold.
In this embodiment, under the condition that does not need SAR sensor, utilize millimeter wave antenna module can realize surveying whether the object is close to electronic equipment to, adopt the mode of polling, control a plurality of millimeter wave antenna module and carry out the timesharing and survey, can reduce electronic equipment's consumption.
It should be understood that in the embodiment of the present application, the input Unit 704 may include a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) 7041 and a microphone 7042, and the Graphics Processing Unit 7041 processes image data of still pictures or videos obtained by an image capturing device (e.g., a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The display unit 706 may include a display panel 7061, and the display panel 7061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, or the like. The user input unit 707 includes a touch panel 7071 and other input devices 7072. The touch panel 7071 is also referred to as a touch screen. The touch panel 7071 may include two parts of a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 7072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (e.g., volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, and a joystick, which are not described in detail herein. Memory 709 may be used to store software programs as well as various data, including but not limited to applications and operating systems. Processor 710 may integrate an application processor, which primarily handles operating systems, user interfaces, applications, etc., and a modem processor, which primarily handles wireless communications. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into processor 710.
The embodiment of the present application further provides a readable storage medium, where a program or an instruction is stored on the readable storage medium, and when the program or the instruction is executed by a processor, the program or the instruction implements each process of the above-mentioned embodiment of the control method for a millimeter wave antenna module, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.
The processor is the processor in the electronic device described in the above embodiment. The readable storage medium includes a computer readable storage medium, such as a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and so on.
The embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, where the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to execute a program or an instruction to implement each process of the embodiment of the control method for a millimeter wave antenna module, and can achieve the same technical effect, and is not described here again to avoid repetition.
It should be understood that the chips mentioned in the embodiments of the present application may also be referred to as system-on-chip, system-on-chip or system-on-chip, etc.
It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element identified by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element. Further, it should be noted that the scope of the methods and apparatus of the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing the functions in the order illustrated or discussed, but may include performing the functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in a reverse order based on the functions involved, e.g., the methods described may be performed in an order different than that described, and various steps may be added, omitted, or combined. Additionally, features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.
Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will clearly understand that the method of the above embodiments can be implemented by software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and certainly can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases, the former is a better implementation manner. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present application or portions thereof that contribute to the prior art may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) and includes instructions for enabling a terminal (which may be a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device) to execute the method according to the embodiments of the present application.
While the present embodiments have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise embodiments described above, which are meant to be illustrative and not restrictive, and that various changes may be made therein by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
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1. A control method of a millimeter wave antenna module is characterized in that the control method is applied to electronic equipment, the electronic equipment is provided with N millimeter wave antenna modules, the working modes of the millimeter wave antenna modules comprise a communication mode for communicating with a base station, a detection mode for detecting whether an object is close to the electronic equipment and a tracking mode for detecting whether the object is far away from the electronic equipment at preset time intervals, and the method comprises the following steps:
sequentially switching part of the N millimeter wave antenna modules into the detection mode, and switching other millimeter wave antenna modules in the N millimeter wave antenna modules into the communication mode;
wherein N is a positive integer and is greater than or equal to 2;
the method further comprises the following steps:
controlling the first antenna module to switch from the probing mode to a tracking mode;
under the condition that the first antenna module is in the tracking mode, controlling a part of antenna modules in the second antenna modules to be in the detection mode, and controlling the rest antenna modules to be in the communication mode or the sleep mode;
the first antenna module is a millimeter wave antenna module which is switched to the detection mode and receives echo signals of which the signal intensity is greater than or equal to a first threshold value in a part of millimeter wave antenna modules; the second antenna module is a millimeter wave antenna module which is switched to the detection mode and in which the signal intensity of echo signals received by the partial millimeter wave antenna module is smaller than the first threshold value.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising, after the controlling the first antenna module to switch from the probing mode to the tracking mode:
and under the condition that the signal intensity of an echo signal received by the first antenna module is smaller than a first threshold value, controlling the first antenna module to be switched from the tracking mode to the detection mode.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein each millimeter wave antenna module comprises a plurality of antenna arrays, the radiation directions of the antenna arrays are different, and the controlling the first antenna module to switch from the probing mode to the tracking mode comprises:
controlling a target antenna array in a first antenna module to be switched from the detection mode to the tracking mode;
the target antenna array is an antenna array with the signal intensity of the received echo signal being greater than or equal to the first threshold value.
4. The method of claim 3, further comprising, after said controlling the target antenna array in the first antenna module to switch from the sounding mode to the tracking mode:
and controlling the target antenna array to be switched from the tracking mode to the probing mode under the condition that the signal intensity of the echo signal received by the target antenna array is smaller than a first threshold value.
5. The utility model provides a controlling means of millimeter wave antenna module, its characterized in that is applied to electronic equipment, electronic equipment is provided with N millimeter wave antenna module, the mode of operation of millimeter wave antenna module includes the communication mode with the base station communication, whether the detection object is close to the detection mode of electronic equipment and whether the detection object is kept away from at every preset time the tracking mode of electronic equipment, the device includes:
the first control module is used for sequentially switching part of the N millimeter wave antenna modules into the detection mode and switching other millimeter wave antenna modules in the N millimeter wave antenna modules into the communication mode;
wherein N is a positive integer and is greater than or equal to 2;
the device further comprises:
the second control module is used for controlling the first antenna module to be switched from the detection mode to the tracking mode;
the fourth control module is used for controlling a part of the plurality of second antenna modules to be in a detection mode and controlling the rest of the plurality of second antenna modules to be in a communication mode or a sleep mode under the condition that the first antenna module is in the tracking mode;
the first antenna module is a millimeter wave antenna module which is switched into the detection mode and receives echo signals of which the signal intensity is larger than or equal to a first threshold value in a partial millimeter wave antenna module; the second antenna module is a millimeter wave antenna module which is switched into the detection mode and in which the signal intensity of the echo signals received by the partial millimeter wave antenna module is smaller than the first threshold value.
6. The apparatus of claim 5, further comprising:
and the third control module is used for controlling the first antenna module to be switched from the tracking mode to the detection mode under the condition that the signal intensity of the echo signal received by the first antenna module is smaller than a first threshold value.
7. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein each millimeter wave antenna module comprises a plurality of antenna arrays, the radiation directions of the plurality of antenna arrays are different, and the second control module comprises:
the first control unit is used for controlling the target antenna array in the first antenna module to be switched from the detection mode to the tracking mode;
the target antenna array is an antenna array with the signal intensity of the received echo signal being greater than or equal to the first threshold value.
8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the second control module further comprises:
and the second control unit is used for controlling the target antenna array to be switched from the tracking mode to the detection mode under the condition that the signal intensity of the echo signal received by the target antenna array is smaller than a first threshold value.
9. An electronic device comprising a processor, a memory, and a program or instructions stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implementing the steps of the method of controlling a millimeter wave antenna module according to any of claims 1 to 4.
10. A readable storage medium, on which a program or instructions are stored, which when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the control method of the millimeter wave antenna module according to any one of claims 1 to 4.
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