Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for determining the location and/or relative environment of a controlling device
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Application No.: US17834486Application Date: 2022-06-07
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Publication No.: US11756413B2Publication Date: 2023-09-12
- Inventor: Michael Courtney , Jeremy Mickelsen , Khanh Nguyen , Haiming Huang , Jan van Ee , Lokanath Penukonda , Jesus Perez
- Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.
- Applicant Address: US AZ Scottsdale
- Assignee: Universal Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee: Universal Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US AZ Scottsdale
- Agency: Greenberg Traurig, LLP
- Main IPC: G08C17/02
- IPC: G08C17/02 ; H04W84/18

Abstract:
A radio frequency connection between a controlling device and a one of a plurality of controllable appliances in an environment is used to determine when the controlling device is pointing more towards the one of the plurality of controllable appliances relative to remaining ones of the plurality of controllable appliances. When it is determined that the controlling device is pointing more towards the one of the plurality of controllable appliances relative to remaining ones of the plurality of controllable appliances, the controlling device automatically makes active a command codeset usable to transmit commands to command functional operations of the one of the plurality of controllable appliances.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220366780A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE LOCATION AND/OR RELATIVE ENVIRONMENT OF A CONTROLLING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2022-11-17
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