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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2018
Applicant:
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); G08C 17/04 (2006.01); G08C 17/02 (2006.01); H04M 1/72 (2021.01); H04M 1/72415 (2021.01); H04M 1/72412 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/282 (2013.01); G08C 17/02 (2013.01); G08C 17/04 (2013.01); H04M 1/72415 (2021.01); G08C 2201/92 (2013.01); G08C 2201/93 (2013.01); H04M 1/72412 (2021.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a method for controlling a command input device. The method includes: sensing contact between a home appliance and the command input device; based on sensing the contact between the home appliance and the command input device, determining the home appliance as a target home appliance to be controlled by the command input device; and based on the determination of the home appliance as the target home appliance to be controlled by the command input device, activating a remote controller provided by the command input device and configured to control the target home appliance.