ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,650,237, issued on June 9, was assigned to Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Tokyo).

"Device control system" was invented by Makoto Hirano (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device control system includes: a wireless device including a device to be controlled and external connector that is connected to the device to be controlled, transmits/receives information to/from the device to be controlled, and is wirelessly connected to a wireless LAN router; a handheld operation terminal that includes a display unit for displaying information and operates the device to be controlled; and a wireless operation terminal that is a terminal different fr...