Patent 10165658 was granted and assigned to LG on December, 2018 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention relates to a mobile terminal capable of controlling other apparatus, and a control method therefor. The mobile terminal comprises: a wireless communication unit, which exchanges a wireless signal with a plurality of illuminations; and a control unit, which transmits a control signal to at least some of the illuminations so as to simultaneously control at least some of the plurality of illuminations when receiving identification information regarding the respective plurality of illuminations through the wireless communication unit, wherein the identification information is received in response to a request from the mobile terminal, which is transmitted to at least some of the illuminations installed in a specific indoor area, on the basis of information acquired through the mobile terminal or a separate apparatus, or is transmitted from at least some of the illuminations, which are pre-selected in a predetermined mode from among the illuminations installed in the specific indoor area when the mobile terminal meets predetermined conditions.