ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,012, issued on June 16, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Air conditioning control apparatus and air conditioning system" was invented by Yoshiyuki Tsuji (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air conditioning control apparatus controls a plurality of indoor units. The air conditioning control apparatus sets the indoor units having been designated among the plurality of indoor units as one group. The air conditioning control apparatus causes a first indoor unit belonging to the group to perform a cooling operation or a heating operation and causes a second indoor unit belonging to the group to perform a...