An apparatus for the remote control of a household appliance is configured to receive a remote-control instruction for the remote control of a household appliance from a mobile control device. The apparatus is configured to determine a position of the control device relative to the household appliance by using an indoor positioning system. The apparatus is further configured to implement or not implement the remote-control instruction as a function of the determined position of the control device. A system and a method for the remote control of a household appliance are also provided.

A flying device that flies by being controlled from an external location, the flying device including a determination unit that determines a communication quality on a first wireless communication channel used for transmitting data to a control device that controls the flying device within a prescribed range from a flight position at which the flying device is flying; and a transmission control unit that controls a type of data to be transmitted to the control device on the basis of the communication quality determined by the determination unit.

Provided are a method and device for providing IoT device information and an intelligent computing device. A method of providing information related to a control target device includes searching for the control target device and displaying a position of the control target device in a map of an area in which the control target device is positioned. Therefore, an intuitive interface can be provided to a user. One or more of the IoT devices, robots, and intelligent computing devices of the present disclosure may comprise artificial intelligence modules, drones (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, UAVs), robots, Augmented Reality (AR) devices, virtual reality, VR) devices, devices related to 5G services, and the like.

Aspects relate to a method for controlling a home appliance depending on a user position, along with a related system. The method includes: determining a position of a smartphone of a user; transmitting positional information on the determined position from the smartphone to a remote server; judging from the positional information whether the determined position is within or outside a predefined home zone surrounding the home appliance; generating a control signal dependent on whether the determined position is within or outside the home zone; transmitting the control signal to a control device to control the home appliance; judging from the positional information whether the determined position is within a predefined problematic zone which is outside the home zone; and reclassifying the determined position to be within the home zone or ignoring the determined position depending on at least whether the determined position is within the problematic zone.

Provided is a method, device, and computer-readable medium for controlling a robot graphic user interface (“RGUI”) on a mobile device. The method can include determining a distance, a position, or both of the mobile device with respect to a first robot; and causing, by a processor, a first RGUI to be displayed on a display of the mobile device based on the determining.

A system, method, and apparatus for controlling a plurality of devices are provided. The system includes a remote control device comprising a processor configured to generate a carousel zone comprising at least a subset of graphical icons of a plurality of graphical icons, determine a first target device and a second target device from the plurality of devices, generate a first user interface based on the first target device, the first user interface associated with a first set of commands, in response to a user input, generate a second user interface based on the second target device, the second user interface associated with a second set of commands, control the first target device based on the first set of commands, and control the second target device based on the second set of commands.

Position of a mobile device of a user relative to an appliance is determined. If the position meets a predetermined position parameter, one or more user-preferred actions are undertaken for the appliance. User-preferred actions can include activation or deactivation of one or more components of the appliance.

An equipment control method, applied to a mobile terminal, includes: positioning, in response to the mobile terminal pointing to equipment to be controlled in which an external ultra-wideband positioning device is installed, the external ultra-wideband positioning device, the external ultra-wideband positioning device having a binding relationship with the equipment to be controlled; determining the equipment to be controlled that is bound to the external ultra-wideband positioning device based on the binding relationship, in response to positioning to the external ultra-wideband positioning device; and retrieving and displaying a control interface of the equipment to be controlled that matches the equipment to be controlled. When the terminal points to the equipment to be controlled, it can automatically select and control the equipment to be controlled in which an external ultra-wideband positioning device is installed, such that the equipment that originally had no ultra-wideband positioning control can be controlled automatically and intelligently.

A method for operating an electronic device includes transmitting signals to an external electronic device. The method also includes receiving signals from the external electronic device. The method further includes generating location information of the external electronic device relative to the electronic device based on a differences between the transmitted signals and the received signals. Additionally, the method includes determining an action for changing a state on at least one of the electronic device or the external electronic device based on the location information. In response to determining that the action is associated with the electronic device, the method includes performing the action. In response to determining that the action is associated with the external electronic device, method includes sending an instruction to the external electronic device to perform the action.

Dual channel wireless communication system for monitoring and/or control of a machine (112), such as a press brake, by a remote interface device (10,12) that communicates data with a machine controller (18) over two channels CH1, CH2 in parallel. Also, a system and method to determine whether a remote interface device (10, 12) is within a range or zone of a machine (112) that the remote interface device wirelessly monitors and/or controls, uses an ultrasound transmitter-receiver arrangement (100, 102) and an electromagnetic (EM) transmitter-receiver arrangement (104, 106, 108, 110) to determine difference in ultrasound and EM time of flight and therefore whether or not the remote interface device is permitted to monitor and/or control the machine or is within range to monitor and/or control the machine.