公开(公告)号：US09927785B2

公开(公告)日：2018-03-27

申请号：US15135515

申请日：2016-04-21

Applicant: XIX INC.

Inventor： Shu-Ming Wei ,  Kuei-Yuan Chen ,  Ming-Te Lin ,  Yao-Tsung Yeh

IPC: G05B15/02 ,  H04N21/422

CPC classification number: G05B15/02 ,  G08C2201/20 ,  G08C2201/30 ,  G08C2201/32 ,  G08C2201/50 ,  G08C2201/70 ,  G08C2201/91 ,  H04N21/41407 ,  H04N21/42222 ,  H04N21/4223 ,  H04N21/43615 ,  H04N21/44008 ,  H04N21/44231 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/8153

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a device control method, which comprises capturing, by a portable device, a first image of a specific area containing a number of electronic devices connected to a communication network; transmitting a connection signal to a selected electronic device on a device list containing all the electronic devices connected to a communication network; determining whether the selected electronic device is in the first image captured based on whether a response has been received from the selected electronic device; identifying the selected electronic device on the device list and the relative position of the selected electronic device on the first image captured upon determined that the selected electronic device is in the first image; and continuing the device identification process until all the connected electronic devices on the device list has been verified, to identify the relative positions of all electronic devices contained in the first image.