ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,231,258, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"System and method for controlling home appliances" was invented by Jihye Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Hyokune Hwang (Seoul, South Korea) and Jung Eun Chol (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a system and method for controlling home appliances that operates home appliances using a user terminal and controls the operation of the home appliances arranged in a space in consideration of the amount of power consumed in the space. In the present disclosure, when a first home appliance is operated, the first home a...