ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,229,233, issued on Feb. 18.

"Device control method and system" was invented by Chao Fang (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a device control method and system for identifying a target image and controlling an Internet of Things (IOT) device. The device control system can include: an information acquisition unit and a control unit communicating with the information acquisition unit. The information acquisition unit is configured to collect information of a user in a current environment and send the collected information of the user in the current environment to the control unit. The control u...