ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,269, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE Co. LTD. (Beijing).
"Liquid discharge control method, drinking water apparatus, and storage medium" was invented by Ke Zeng (Beijing).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid discharge control method includes acquiring a cup height of a cup in response to detecting that a cup is placed in a preset position, controlling a liquid outlet to open for liquid discharge in response to receiving a liquid discharge instruction; acquiring a real-time liquid level height in the cup during the liquid discharge, and controlling the liquid outlet to open or close based on the cup...