Patents by Inventor Jinkwon LIM

Jinkwon LIM has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20220159436
    Abstract: A method for receiving audio data using Bluetooth Low Energy technology, the method performed by a client device comprising: receiving, from a server device, a first advertisement message including information for providing an audio streaming service; receiving, from the server device, a second advertisement message including synchronization information for synchronization between the client device and the server device; receiving, from the server device, a third advertisement message including an indicator representing that audio data of the audio streaming service is grouped with audio data information for the audio data and transmitted; receiving, from the server device, broadcast audio data including the grouped audio data and the audio data information based on the indicator, through an isochronous channel; obtaining, from an user, specific information related to whether to permit a provision of the audio streaming service based on the audio data information; and decoding the audio data based on the s
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Hyeonjae Lee, Jinkwon Lim, Taeyoung Song
  • Publication number: 20220131422
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device and method for performing power allocation and out-band activation by using short-range communication in a wireless power transmission system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Jingu CHOI, Jinkwon LIM, Taeyoung SONG, Yongcheol PARK, Joonho PARK
  • Publication number: 20220123590
    Abstract: The present specification relates to a wireless power transmission apparatus and a wireless power reception apparatus, which can transmit and update firmware of the wireless power transmission apparatus through out-band communication between the wireless power transmission apparatus and the wireless power reception apparatus, and to firmware updating of the wireless power transmission apparatus using out-band communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaehyu KIM, Jingu CHOI, Minsoo LEE, Jinkwon LIM
  • Publication number: 20220085667
    Abstract: The present specification relates to a device and method for supporting heterogeneous communication in a wireless power transfer system. The present specification discloses a wireless power reception device comprising: a power pickup circuit configured to receive, from a wireless power transfer device, wireless power generated on the basis of magnetic coupling in a power transfer phase; and a communication and control circuit configured to transmit, to the wireless power transfer device, a first random address packet including a random address of the wireless power reception device or receive, from the wireless power transfer device, a second random address packet including a random address of the wireless power transfer device via in-band communication. By performing a handover using a random address, cross reference can be prevented and security can be enhanced, and thus a BLE connection in a wireless charging system can be more safely performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Joonho PARK, Jinkwon LIM, Jingu CHOI, Yongchepol PARK
  • Publication number: 20220077893
    Abstract: The present specification relates to a device and method for wirelessly transmitting power on the basis of the reestablishment of out-band communication. The present specification discloses a wireless power receiving device comprising a communication/control circuit configured to carry out the operations of: performing handover from in-band communication using operating frequencies to out-band communication using any frequencies except for the operating frequencies; transmitting power characteristic information to the wireless power transmitting device or receiving power characteristic information from the wireless power transmitting device through the out-band communication before entering a power transmission phase; and saving power state information determined during the power transmission phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jinkwon LIM, Jingu CHOI, Joonho PARK, Yongcheol PARK
  • Publication number: 20220069631
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device and method for wireless power transfer to multiple devices using a multi-coil. The device disclosed in the specification comprises: a power pickup unit configured to receive wireless power from a wireless power transfer device having a plurality of primary coils at an operation frequency by magnetic coupling to the wireless power transfer device and convert an alternating current signal generated by the wireless power into a direct current signal; a communication/control unit including an in-band communication module configured to be supplied with the direct current signal from the power pickup unit and perform communication with the wireless power transfer device by using the operating frequency, and an out-band communication module configured to perform communication with the wireless power transfer device by using a frequency other than the operating frequency; and a load configured to be supplied with the direct current signal from the power pickup unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jingu CHOI, Jinkwon LIM, Taeyoung SONG, Yongcheol PARK, Joonho PARK
  • Publication number: 20220030505
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and device for a control device to set an audio channel in a wireless communication system by using Bluetooth Low Energy technology. According to the present disclosure, an advertising packet is received from each of a plurality of devices, wherein the advertising packet includes at least one among location information, codec information, and/or role information for the respective device. The control device transmits a plurality of pieces of setting information, for providing an audio service, to the plurality of devices on the basis of the advertising packet, wherein each piece of setting information includes delay information about the respective device, and the control device transmits channel setting information for an isochronous channel, for providing the audio service, to the plurality of devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Hyeonjae Lee, Minsoo Lee, Jinkwon Lim
  • Publication number: 20220014234
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device and a method for performing wireless power transfer on the basis of heterogeneous communication. Disclosed in the present specification is a wireless power receiving device comprising: a power pickup unit configured to receive wireless power from a wireless power transfer device by magnetically coupling with the wireless power transfer device at an operating frequency, and convert an alternating current signal generated by the wireless power into a direct current signal; a communication/control unit configured to receive the direct current signal from the power pickup unit, and perform an in-band communication using the operating frequency and/or an out-band communication using a frequency other than the operating frequency; and a load configured to receive the direct current signal from the power pickup unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jingu CHOI, Joonho PARK, Jinkwon LIM, Yongcheol PARK
  • Publication number: 20210400096
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of receiving audio data using Bluetooth Low Energy technology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Hyeonjae Lee, Minsoo Lee, Jinkwon Lim
  • Publication number: 20210250879
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for controlling a power by using the Bluetooth Low Energy technology performed by a control device. According to the present disclosure, the method and apparatus includes establishing a connection with a first device and a second device through Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and receiving, from the first device, a first request message for requesting a transmission power change of the first device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Jingu Choi, Taeyoung Song, Minsoo Lee, Jinkwon Lim
  • Patent number: 11064335
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for transmitting or receiving, by a first manager apparatus, data for provision of a particular service in a mesh network of a wireless communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jingu Choi, Younghwan Kwon, Jonghyun Baik, Jonghun Song, Jinkwon Lim, Hangyu Cho
  • Publication number: 20210168559
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for setting a path by a terminal together with a navigation device in a wireless communication system. The present invention provides a method and apparatus for: acquiring, from a user, destination information indicating a destination; setting a path to the destination on the basis of the destination information; establishing a connection with the navigation device through Bluetooth low energy (LE); receiving, from the navigation device, a request message requesting global positioning system (GPS) information for providing a navigation service on the basis of the set path; and transmitting a response message including the GPS information to the navigation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jinkwon LIM, Taeyoung SONG
  • Patent number: 11012227
    Abstract: Disclosed is an authentication method and system for a device using a Bluetooth technology. A method for performing authentication by a first device, using Bluetooth low energy (LE), according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: authenticating a user on the basis of ID information of the user; and authenticating a device by comparing information acquired from a user input with information acquired using an exchanged public key. The authentication scheme for a device is determined according to the input/output capability of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jinkwon Lim, Jingu Choi, Younghwan Kwon, Taeyoung Song, Minsoo Lee
  • Patent number: 10979894
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a device for a first device setting the address of a second device through a Bluetooth mesh network wherein a setting message for setting the address is transmitted to the second device, and a first status message is received from the second device as a response to the setting message, the first status message comprising status information indicating whether the setting of the address was successful, and the setting message comprises at least one among an address field comprising an address value to be used by the second device in the Bluetooth mesh network or a first identifier indicating a request or no request for a response to the setting message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Younghwan Kwon, Jinkwon Lim, Jingu Choi
  • Patent number: 10798548
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method by which a user device controls a target device by using Bluetooth low energy technology in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus. According to the present invention, provided are a method and an apparatus for: discovering a first gateway for controlling at least one target device through a voice signal; receiving a first voice signal for controlling the at least one target device from a user; transmitting user information for identifying the user and the first voice signal to the searched for first gateway; and receiving, from the first gateway, a second voice signal or data indicating a control result with respect to the first voice signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jingu Choi, Taeyoung Song, Minsoo Lee, Jinkwon Lim
  • Patent number: 10735467
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for controlling connection between a first device and a second device by a control device using Bluetooth LE (Low Energy). According to the present invention, there are provided a method and an apparatus for obtaining pairing information from the first device and the second device to generate information for establishing connection between the first device and the second device and transmitting the generated information to the first device and the second device to control the first device and the second device to establish connection of a predetermined security level or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyunsik Yang, Younghwan Kwon, Jinkwon Lim
  • Publication number: 20200186987
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for transmitting or receiving, by a first manager apparatus, data for provision of a particular service in a mesh network of a wireless communication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Jingu CHOI, Younghwan KWON, Jonghyun BAIK, Jonghun SONG, Jinkwon LIM, Hangyu CHO
  • Patent number: 10547995
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a device for a first device transmitting/receiving data through a Bluetooth mesh network wherein a first message for setting the address of the first device is received from a second device, wherein the first message comprises at least one among an address field comprising the address, or a first response field indicating a request or no request for a response to the first message, and if the response field indicates a request for a response, a first response message to the message is transmitted to the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jinkwon Lim, Younghwan Kwon, Jingu Choi
  • Patent number: 10484363
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and an apparatus for a first device to perform authentication by using Bluetooth LE (Low Energy). The present invention provides a method and an apparatus comprising exchanging capability information with a second device; generating a random code for first authentication through a user authentication service based on the capability information; transmitting a write request message including the generated random code to the second device; receiving a write response message in response to the write request message from the second device; receiving an authentication indication message from the second device, wherein the authentication indication message includes state information indicating success or failure of the first authentication based on the random code; and transmitting an authentication complete message in response to the authentication indication message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jinkwon Lim, Donghyun Kang, Jingu Choi, Minsoo Lee
  • Patent number: 10474241
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving data by using HDMI (High Definition Media Interface). A method and an apparatus according to the present invention comprises requesting reading EDID (Extended Display Identification Data) from a sink device in case the sink device is connected; receiving from the sink device EDID including capability information of the sink device, wherein the capability information indicates whether the sink device is capable of processing gesture information; requesting gesture information indicating a predetermined gesture which may be recognized or extracted from the sink device on the basis of the EDID; and receiving the gesture information from the sink device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Dokyun Kim, Hyunsik Yang, Hyeonjae Lee, Jangwoong Park, Jinkwon Lim