Patents Represented by Attorney Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka
  • Patent number: 7356991
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device of an excavator is provided for controlling combined operation of boom-raising and swing on a slope. A swing priority valve (20) is provided on a pressured fluid supply line (8) that connects a first hydraulic pump (1) to a boom high-speed control valve (7). If an excavator performs its tasks on a slope, the swing priority valve (20) is automatically shifted under a control of an electronic controller (28) into a throttling position to thereby restrict hydraulic flow through the boom high-speed control valve (7) so that an increased amount of hydraulic flow can be supplied to a swing motor (14), thus increasing a swing operating pressure more rapidly than a boom operating pressure and consequently facilitating combined operation of boom-raising and swing on a slope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Doosan Intracore Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyeong Ho Kim, Won Sun Sohn
  • Patent number: 7357516
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lighting optical system, including: a ighting optical system, comprising, a light separating means for separating incident light into three colored lights according to wavelength bands, and progressing the three separate colored lights for the same amount of distance from a light source of the incident light through different optical paths, and emitting the three separate colored lights to a first, a second and a third LCD, a first, a second and a third LCD for respectively receiving the three colored lights from the light separating means, and forming images therefrom; and a light combining means for synthesizing the three colored lights emitted from the first, second and third LCD, and outputting the synthesized light outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Nam Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 7359681
    Abstract: A mobile communication terminal transmitter comprises a detecting unit for detecting at least one of a first power level and a first power of reflection; a baseband signal processing unit for outputting at least one of a bias voltage and a power control signal, wherein the bias voltage controls an impedance of the antenna, and the power control signal is applied to an output power correcting unit; and an antenna matching unit for adjusting the amplified transmission signal according to the bias voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Jeong Hyun Cho
  • Patent number: 7356244
    Abstract: The present invention relates to method of replaying video images by placing a bookmark on the particular thumbnail image of the broadcast content using thumbnail method and replaying it from the position a user wants. The method of the present invention extracts a plurality of thumbnail images from a broadcast content, placing a bookmark on a thumbnail image being most recent one before the user'request for stopping replaying the broadcast content that is being replayed. Accordingly, the user is allowed to understand roughly the broadcast content watched by the user using the thumbnail image that a bookmark is placed on, and the broadcast content can be replayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Young Dal Yu
  • Patent number: 7355552
    Abstract: The present invention relates, in general, to antennas formed in the pattern of characters and, more particularly, to a character pattern antenna, in which a radiation unit thereof is formed in the pattern of a plurality of characters. The character pattern antenna includes a radiation unit, a feeding unit, and a short circuit unit. The radiation unit is formed in a character pattern group to radiate radio waves. The feeding unit is formed on a predetermined portion of the character pattern to provide current. The short circuit unit is formed on a predetermined location of the radiation unit and adapted to function as a ground. As described above, the present invention proposes a character pattern antenna, which allows the pattern thereof to contain a specific meaning while having the performance of an antenna. Accordingly, the present invention is advantageous in that it can increase the freedom of a pattern when an antenna is designed, thus facilitating the design of the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Jae-Yong Kwon
  • Patent number: 7356356
    Abstract: Methods and systems directed to telephone number retrieval are provided. A terminal requests a telephone number from a telephone number service. A voice response comprising the telephone number is received from the telephone number service. A feature vector sequence is stored in memory of the terminal as a reference pattern for the received voice response. The voice response has designated words between and among numbers of the telephone number. A keyword spotting routine searches for the designated words. Connecting words, located between and among designated words, comprising the telephone number are extracted and stored in a buffer. A number recognizer analyzes contents of the buffer. The number recognizer outputs a recognized telephone number for display on a terminal and/or storage in memory for future use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Chan-Woo Kim
  • Patent number: 7356359
    Abstract: A method for determining connection of an external device to a mobile communication terminal is provided. The method comprises detecting connection of an external device to a mobile communication terminal based on a signal generated by a first operation module of the mobile communication terminal; activating a connection interrupt routine, in response to the signal generated by the first operation module; controlling an active status of a second operation module by way of the first operation module to switch system operations from a first clock speed to a second clock speed; and establishing a signal transfer path between the mobile communication terminal and the external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Hyung-Suk Oh
  • Patent number: 7352736
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for synchronizing the transmission of uplink signals and reception of downlink signals by a terminal in a mobile communication system is disclosed, the apparatus and method allowing the terminal itself to adaptively compensate for deflection generated in synchronization of the transmission channel and to recover a synchronization error of the transmission channel without re-setting communications with the base station. A feedback path is formed between a transmitting unit, a receiving unit and a processing unit to facilitate frequently checking the synchronization between uplink and downlink timeslots by generating a reference signal input to the transmitting unit and comparing a signal received from the receiving unit. The channel synchronization apparatus and method may be adapted for a terminal using a software-based modem or a hardware-based modem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Yoo-Sok Saw
  • Patent number: 7349373
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for determining soft or softer handoff are described. The present invention includes the steps of comparing sectors in an active set to set values corresponding to the soft or softer handoff for the sectors, respectively in a base station, transmitting a first parameter for selecting cell switching parameters between the sectors neighboring each other in the active set to a mobile station wherein the set values for the respective sectors are included in the first parameter, generating values of a parameter PDCH_GROUP_IDENTIFIER corresponding to a packet data channel group identifier using the set values included in the first parameter, determining whether a serving sector and a target sector among the sectors are in the soft or softer handoff using the generated values of the parameter PDCH_GROUP_IDENTIFIER, and selecting the cell switching parameters accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jong Hoe An, Chan Ho Kyung
  • Patent number: 7349801
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle navigation system and method for guiding path of a complex intersection more accurately. The method for guiding path of the complex intersection includes the steps of: configuring the complex intersection through a grouping based on a terminal sharing node and link extracted from a path searching data; performing a patterning to reconfigure the complex intersection; performing a map matching and a path following during a drive state based on a reconstructed data; and providing the followed path guidance information to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Hyoung Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 7349703
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for informing terminals in a UMTS regarding state information of an MBMS in order to prevent terminals from requesting a service that cannot be provided in a cell in which it is newly located. The mobile communication network informs the terminals about its service provision state for a particular MBMS service being provided, and the terminals operate in accordance with this service provision state information to minimize unnecessary operations of the terminal and unnecessary signaling and waste of radio resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seung June Yi, Young Dae Lee, Sung Duck Chun
  • Patent number: 7350222
    Abstract: An actuator of an optical pick-up device includes two fixing frames, a lens holder disposed between the fixing frames and provided with a focus lens and coils, springs supporting the lens holder, the springs connecting two points of each fixing frame to the lens holder, each spring having one or more bends, a permanent magnet disposed facing the coils to generate magnetic field, and a yoke forming a path of the magnetic field generated by the permanent magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Sam Nyol Hong, In Ho Choi, Kyung Taek Lee
  • Patent number: 7349802
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for detecting a vehicle location in a navigation system are provided. A travel angle difference and lateral and longitudinal inclinations of the vehicle are used to accurately detect the vehicle location if a vehicle location is estimated using detection signals from a sensor unit installed on a vehicle. If a value of DOP (Dilution of Positioning) of a navigation message received by a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold, reference vehicle location information is set using vehicle location information just previously map-matched and the detection signals from the sensor unit. The vehicle location is detected using the set reference vehicle location information and the detection signals from the sensor unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Han Sung Lee, Mun Ho Jung, Dong Hoon Yi, Moon Jeung Joe
  • Patent number: 7349374
    Abstract: A method of controlling uplink transmission of a user equipment in a soft handover mode in a wireless communication system comprises communicating with a first network and a second network, at a first transmission mode comprising a first transmission power level and a first data rate. The method also comprises receiving a first change command from the second network to change the first transmission mode to a second transmission mode, wherein the second transmission mode comprises a second transmission power level and a second data rate. The method also comprises entering the second transmission mode. The method also comprises maintaining the second transmission mode for a predetermined time period regardless of a second change command from the first network to increase at least one of transmission power level and data rate of the user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Bong Hoe Kim, Joon Kui Ahn, Hak Seong Kim, Dong Wook Roh, Dong Youn Seo, Seung Hwan Won
  • Patent number: 7348958
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for reducing power consumption of a backlight control unit of a mobile communication terminal are disclosed. The output voltage of a voltage source is measured. If the output voltage is at least a predetermined value, the output of the voltage source is used to drive a backlight illumination unit. If the output voltage is below the predetermined value, an up-converted constant voltage is used to drive the backlight illumination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Woo-Seog Park
  • Patent number: 7349799
    Abstract: In the present invention, traffic information broadcast by a traffic information center is received, indexes are created, and the index and travel speed information on a mobile object are stored. A matching table is created to match first map data for use in broadcasting the traffic information and second map data used by a navigation system to each other. The traffic information is simply matched to the second map data used by the navigation system, using the created matching table. When the travel speed of the mobile object on each link is intended to be displayed with a predetermined color after the matching of the traffic information to the second map data, the storage capacity of a traffic information storage unit is reduced, which stores traffic information displayed together with arrows for indicating the travel direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Moon Jeung Joe, Mun Ho Jung, Yong Hyun Park
  • Patent number: 7349694
    Abstract: A method for operating a data communication service in a global system for mobile communication is provided. The method comprises deciding whether a user equipment requests the data communication service in a real time; deciding whether the user equipment requests the data communication service in a home area of a first mobile switching center where the user equipment has been registered; deciding whether a reject data has been set in the user equipment in a pending status, if the user equipment requests the data communication service in the home area; and providing the data communication service to the user equipment, if the reject data has not been set in the user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Dong Keun Lee
  • Patent number: 7346037
    Abstract: A method of transmitting/receiving a packet using a hybrid automatic repeat request in the mobile communication system is disclosed. The packet data transmitting method includes transmitting at least one sub packet divided from plurality of encoded packets generated by repeating a bit stream that is made by encoding information desired to be transmitted with ? rate turbo encoder, and transmission start point information of the sub packet through the sub packet identifier field on the accompanying control channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Young Woo Yun, Young Jo Lee, Ki Jun Kim, Soon Yil Kwon, Suk Hyon Yoon, Jong Hoe An, Chan Ho Kyung
  • Patent number: 7346326
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mobile communication terminal which is provided with an equalizer function of audio equipment to adjust a timbre of transmitting/received speech sounds so as to satisfy a great number of users having various individualities and tastes simultaneously. The mobile communication terminal according to the present invention includes an equalizer connected to a CODEC, a speaker and a microphone for adjusting a timbre of an analog speech signal inputted thereto from the CODEC and/or a speech signal inputted thereto through the microphone, and an equalizer control circuit for controlling a timbre control operation of the equalizer according to a control signal of a CPU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Hyun Kyun Kim
  • Patent number: 7346363
    Abstract: A radio protocol entity sharing apparatus and method are provided. Different cells share a second-layer protocol entity to use the same channel parameter values and the same protocol parameter values, thereby reducing a delay resulting from reestablishing a radio bearer in the event of a handover, minimizing data loss during handover, conserving network resources, and enhancing reception performance via soft combining. The method includes steps of receiving, in a mobile station, a first parameter value and a first parameter value indicator; establishing a channel using the first parameter value and the first parameter value indicator; receiving, in the mobile station, a second parameter value indicator; and maintaining the established channel if the first parameter value indicator is identical to the second parameter value indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Young Dae Lee, Seung June Yi, Sung Duck Chun