ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,431, issued on April 15, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Control device, air conditioner and control method thereof" was invented by Gunhyuk Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kanghyeok Kwon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jeongmi Woo (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Yunsue Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device, an air conditioner, and a control method thereof are provided. The control device includes a communication interface configured to communicate with an external device, and a processor configured to control the communication interface to receive indoor and outdoor envi...