Patents Assigned to Electron, Inc.
  • Patent number: 12247342
    Abstract: Provided is a laundry treating apparatus comprising a drum including: a drum body defining a space to store laundry therein, a front cover, a rear cover, and a drum introduction opening defined at the front cover and configured to communicate with an inside of the drum body; a drying unit configured to supply heated air to the drum body; a fixing panel; a power transmission unit including: a housing, an input shaft, an output shaft, and a gear unit disposed in the housing and configured to transmit rotational motion of the input shaft to the output shaft; a motor comprising including: a stator, and a rotor; and a heat insulation part made of a material having heat conductivity lower than heat conductivity of the housing and configured to reduce an amount of heat that is transferred from the outside of the housing to an inside of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yongjun An, Seongno Yoon
  • Patent number: 12247344
    Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet having an inlet of laundry defined therein, a tub disposed inside the cabinet and storing wash water therein, a drum rotatably disposed in the tub, wherein washing of the laundry is performed in the drum, a gasket that connects the inlet to the tub and prevents wash water stored in the tub from leaking, and a front nozzle assembly disposed on an inner circumferential surface of the gasket to spray wash water to the laundry of the drum and the inner circumferential surface of the gasket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sungon Kim, Hyuk So
  • Patent number: 12250642
    Abstract: Provided are a method for a first device carrying out wireless communication, and a device supporting same. The method may comprise the steps of: receiving information related to a first power control parameter; receiving information related to a second power control parameter; determining a first transmit power value on the basis of downlink (DL) path loss between a base station and a first device, and the information related to the first power control parameter; determining a second transmit power value on the basis of sidelink (SL) path loss between a second device and the first device, and the information related to the second power control parameter; determining a transmit power value on the basis of the minimum value among the first transmit power value and the second transmit power value; and carrying out SL transmission to the second device on the basis of the transmit power value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seungmin Lee, Hanbyul Seo, Daesung Hwang
  • Patent number: 12250407
    Abstract: A method by which a decoding device decodes an image, according to the present document, comprises the steps of: acquiring a dependent quantization available flag about whether dependent quantization is available; acquiring a sign data hiding available flag about whether sign data hiding is available; and acquiring, on the basis of the dependent quantization available flag and the sign data hiding available flag, a transform skip residual coding (TSRC) available flag about whether TSRC is available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jungah Choi, Sunmi Yoo, Junghak Nam, Jin Heo, Jangwon Choi, Seunghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 12246650
    Abstract: A method of displaying a rear-view image and a digital dashboard using the method are provided. The method includes: receiving a rear-view image; and displaying the rear-view image on a default area of a display in response to receiving a signal associated with a direction indicator light, wherein the default area corresponds to the direction indicator light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Kinpo Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu Chi Chen, Hsien Chung Chen, Sheng-Chang Wu
  • Patent number: 12250788
    Abstract: An apparatus cools electronic circuitry. A housing encloses the electronic circuitry and includes a plurality of surfaces, each configured to face an adjacent inner wall of the back box upon the housing being mounted inside the back box. A rear surface faces a rear wall of the inner walls of the back box. A mounting plate is disposed opposite to the rear surface, is in thermal contact with the housing, and faces away from the back box. A touch plate is atop of, and in thermal contact with, the mounting plate. The mounting plate and the touch plate combine to provide a path for conducting heat generated by the electronic circuitry away from the housing and for radiating the heat to ambient air. The mounting plate or the touch plate is made of a higher thermal conductivity material to facilitate conduction of heat away from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Crestron Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert Pedoeem, Kriss Replogle, Charles Magrino
  • Publication number: 20250080932
    Abstract: A system and method for performing sound quality testing of audio equipment in a conference room is provided, wherein the method can executed by one or more processors, the audio equipment comprising one or more loudspeakers, one or more microphones, and audio signal processing equipment that includes at least an acoustic echo cancellation function, the method comprising: (a) determining an initial audio performance level (IAPL) of the audio equipment with the acoustic echo cancellation function disabled at a time t1; (b) determining a current audio performance level (CAPL) of the audio equipment with the acoustic echo cancellation function disabled at a second time, t2, which occurs after the first time t1; (c) comparing the CAPL to the IAPL; (d) determining if the audio equipment in the conference room passes or fails a sound quality test based on the comparison of the CAPL to the IAPL; and (e) providing the determination of pass or fail of the sound quality test to a remote user at a remote location throug
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Crestron Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark LaBosco
  • Publication number: 20250073524
    Abstract: There is disclosed a freewheel adjustable wheel is characterized in that it may switch between a freewheel mode and a non-freewheel mode in one fitness bike, and may guide gear engaging by a magnetic force when operating in a freewheel mode and a non-freewheel mode, and a fitness bike therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jong Kyu JU, Sunggyu KOH, Min Seok KIM, Hyunghoon PARK
  • Publication number: 20250081306
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and modes for commissioning of a building control system comprising at least one controller and a plurality of control devices comprising a plurality of multicolored LEDs and at least one button for controlling at least one associated electrical load. Each control device is assigned a different color sequence comprising a plurality of colors and commanded to drive the plurality of LEDs to illuminate according to the assigned color sequence. The at least one controller receives a logical object and an identification of a plurality of illuminated colors of a control device to be commissioned, selects a control device from the plurality of control devices commanded to illuminate a color sequence that matches the received identification of the plurality of illuminated colors, and associates the selected control device with the received logical object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Crestron Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Campagna, Benjamin M. Slivka
  • Publication number: 20250081378
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and modes for mechanically and electrically interconnecting a plurality of electrical modules mounted on a rail side by side via an interconnector. Each electrical module comprises a housing and at least one slotted port recessed in the housing having a plurality of electrical contact pins therein. The interconnector comprises a first portion and a second portion each having a plurality of electrical contact pads, wherein each contact pad in the first portion is electrically connected to respective one of the plurality of contract pads in the second portion. The interconnector is adapted to removably attach to the electrical modules by inserting the first and second portions into respective slotted ports in the electrical modules and thereby aligning and electrically connecting the contact pads of the interconnector with respective contact pins of the electrical modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Crestron Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle Jo Anne Lim, Stan Wisniewski
  • Patent number: 12241630
    Abstract: A listing of each of the plurality of appliances is used, with reference to a command and/or protoctol database, to configure a software agent to exchange communications, via a one or more communication channels, with each of the plurality of appliances. An action triggering state of at least one of the plurality of appliances is associated with an action. The action is performed when it is determined that a current state of the at least one of the plurality of appliances corresponds to the action triggering state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Universal Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Arsham Hatambeiki, Paul D. Arling
  • Patent number: 12241197
    Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus is configured to reduce a volume independently occupied by a driver that rotates a drum for accommodating laundry therein, and a volume of a space defined between a rear surface of the drum and a cabinet rear panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hongjun Cho, Hyojun Kim, Jongmin Lee, Hyunwoo Noh, Taewoong Kim
  • Patent number: 12244529
    Abstract: A method for receiving a DM-RS by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is disclosed, compises receiving activation information; transmitting feedback information on the activation information; receiving downlink control information (DCI) including i) a transmission configuration indication (TCI) field and ii) an antenna port field; and receiving the DM-RS based on the DCI, wherein the activation information includes information related to mapping of a code point of the TCI field and a TCI state, wherein based on the TCI field indicating a code point mapped with a plurality of TCI states, and the antenna port field indicating antenna ports of a plurality of code division multiplexing (CDM) groups, a first TCI state among the plurality of TCI states corresponds to a CDM group associated with a first antenna port based on an instruction order of the antenna ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kyuseok Kim, Hyungtae Kim, Jiwon Kang, Kilbom Lee
  • Patent number: 12245288
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for receiving a downlink signal on the basis of a random-access channel procedure (RACH procedure) by a terminal in an unlicensed band. Specifically, the method may comprise: on the basis of a power ramping counter, configuring transmission power for message A including a first physical random-access channel (PRACH) and a first physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH); on the basis of the transmission power, transmitting message A to a base station; and receiving contention resolution-related message B from the base station in response to message A, wherein an increase is made on the basis that a transmission spatial beam for transmission of message A is configured to be identical to a transmission spatial beam related to transmission of a PRACH preceding message A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeongsu Lee, Sukhyon Yoon, Hyunsoo Ko, Suckchel Yang, Seonwook Kim, Youngdae Lee, Seokmin Shin
  • Patent number: 12244425
    Abstract: Provided is a method by which a first apparatus performs wireless communication and an apparatus for supporting the method. The method comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, information related to a sidelink (SL) bandwidth part (BWP); receiving, from the base station, information related to an uplink (UL) BWP; receiving, from the base station, information related to an SL resource and information related to a UL resource for reporting a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback; transmitting, on the basis of the SL resource within the SL BWP, data in which the HARQ feedback has been disabled to a second apparatus through a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH); generating an ACK related to the transmission of the data in which the HARQ feedback has been disabled; and transmitting, to the base station, the ACK on the basis of the UL resource within the UL BWP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seungmin Lee, Hanbyul Seo, Daesung Hwang
  • Patent number: 12241460
    Abstract: A linear compressor is provided. The linear compressor includes a cylinder, a piston configured to reciprocate inside the cylinder, the piston including a head portion and a sliding portion extending rearward from a radially outer edge of the head portion, a supporter including a plate disposed at a rear of the piston, an elastic body disposed in the piston, the elastic body including an outer side coupled to an inner circumferential surface of the piston, and a rod configured to extend axially, the rod including one side coupled to a radially central area of the elastic body and other side connected to a radially central area of the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Wooju Jeon, Donghan Kim, Sangik Son, Jaehyeok Lee
  • Patent number: 12244860
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present document comprises a step of deriving modified transform coefficients on the basis of an inverse reduced secondary transform (RST) regarding transform coefficients regarding a target block. The inverse RST is performed on the basis of transform sets determined on the basis of a mapping relation following an intra prediction mode applied to the target block, and a transform kernel matrix selected from two transform kernel matrices included in the transform sets, respectively, and is performed on the basis of whether or not the inverse RST is applied, and a transform index indicating one of the transform kernel matrices included in the transform sets. A syntax element bin string regarding the transform index is decoded on the basis of a different context set according to the tree type regarding the division structure of the target block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Moonmo Koo, Seunghwan Kim, Mehdi Salehifar, Jaehyun Lim
  • Patent number: 12242880
    Abstract: A display apparatus for a vehicle includes: first, second, and third displays located in the vehicle, a first signal processing device comprising a first processor configured to perform signal processing for the first display and the second display, and a second signal processing device comprising a second processor configured to perform signal processing for the third display. The first processor is configured to execute first, second, and third virtual machines on a hypervisor in the first processor. The first virtual machine is configured to transmit, from at least one of the second virtual machine or the third virtual machine to the second signal processing device, a remote processing request, receive image data processed by the second signal processing device in response to the remote processing request, and control at least one of the first display or the second display to display an image related to the received image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jaegu Yoon, Heemin Lee, Sunhee Lim, Daeyoung Jeong, Dongwoo Han, Dongkyu Lee, Dukyung Jung
  • Patent number: 12240004
    Abstract: A cap is configured to couple to a nozzle of a dish washer that is configured to supply air into a tub of the dish washer. The cap includes a lower cap configured to couple to an upper end portion of the nozzle, a flow cover configured to cover a part of the upper end portion of the nozzle, and an upper cap coupled to the lower cap and configured to, based on the cap being coupled to the nozzle, be spaced apart from and positioned above the nozzle and the flow cover. The cap defines a discharge opening configured to discharge air supplied to an inner space of the cap through the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Min Jae Jeong, Jeongkon Kim, Jeong In Kim, Kijoong Kang, In Woo Baek
  • Patent number: D1066350
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Crestron Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Howard Balch, Donald Florczak, Sae Jhun, King-Woo Cheung