公开(公告)号：US09824577B2

公开(公告)日：2017-11-21

申请号：US14167061

申请日：2014-01-29

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Venu Madhav Musham ,  Arif Husen Mujawar ,  Kiran Bharadwaj Vedula ,  Deepraj Prabhakar Patkar

IPC: G08C19/16 ,  G08C17/02

CPC classification number: G08C17/02 ,  G08C2201/71 ,  G08C2201/91 ,  G08C2201/93

Abstract: A method in which a control device controls at least one of a plurality of terminal devices is provided. The method includes transmitting a search request for requesting information on a location of each of a plurality of terminal devices, and information on a direction of each of the plurality of terminal devices based on a direction in which the control device is directed, receiving a response corresponding to the transmitted search request, determining at least one of the plurality of terminal devices that are controllable from among the plurality of terminal devices based on the received response, and controlling the determined at least one of the plurality of terminal devices that are controllable.