ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,380,698, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to MAXELL LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Information processing terminal and remote control method" was invented by Mayumi Nakade (Kyoto, Japan) and Tamotsu Ito (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information processing terminal including a communication device, which transmits a control command to a controlled device via the communication device to remotely control the controlled device, comprises: a virtual remote control generator configured to identify the controlled device and a desired control operation that is a control operation desired to be performed from a surrounding image which is an...