US Patent Issued to Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software on Nov. 18 for "Method and apparatus for obtaining map of internet of things device" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,873, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co. Ltd. (Beijing).

"Method and apparatus for obtaining map of internet of things device" was invented by Lei Yu (Beijing) and Mary-Luc Georges Henry Champel (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for obtaining a map of an Internet of things device. The method is applicable to a first device with a camera and being moveable, and includes: determining a map of an area; and transmitting the map to a control system for controlling one or more IoT devices."

The patent was filed on May 15, 2020, under Application...