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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2016
Xix Inc., New Taipei, TW;
Shu-Ming Wei, New Taipei, TW;
Kuei-Yuan Chen, New Taipei, TW;
Ming-Te Lin, New Taipei, TW;
Yao-Tsung Yeh, New Taipei, TW;
XIX INC., New Taipei, TW;
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a device control method, which comprises capturing, by a portable device, a first image of a specific area containing a number of electronic devices connected to a communication network; transmitting a connection signal to a selected electronic device on a device list containing all the electronic devices connected to a communication network; determining whether the selected electronic device is in the first image captured based on whether a response has been received from the selected electronic device; identifying the selected electronic device on the device list and the relative position of the selected electronic device on the first image captured upon determined that the selected electronic device is in the first image; and continuing the device identification process until all the connected electronic devices on the device list has been verified, to identify the relative positions of all electronic devices contained in the first image.