ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,904, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Air conditioner and method for controlling same based on indoor space image including relative positions of walls, ceiling, and floor" was invented by Dongwoo Han (Seoul, South Korea), Yeon Kyung Chae (Seoul, South Korea) and Taeyup Song (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are an air conditioner and a control method thereof. The air conditioner may include a wind direction controller that changes the direction of air being discharged, an air volume controller that changes the amount of air being discharged, a camera that obtains...