Patents Assigned to Electron, Inc.
  • Patent number: 12238777
    Abstract: Disclosed in the present application is a method for a terminal performing a random access procedure in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method for performing a random access procedure comprises the steps of: transmitting, to a base station, a plurality of random access signals corresponding to a plurality of different beams in a transmission interval corresponding to the corresponding random access signal; receiving a random access response signal corresponding to one random access signal of the plurality of random access signals; and transmitting and receiving a signal to and/or from the base station, using a beam corresponding to the one random access signal, wherein the plurality of random access signals comprise identifier information of the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Daesung Hwang, Kijun Kim, Hyunsoo Ko, Suckchel Yang, Sangrim Lee, Seungmin Lee, Ilmu Byun
  • Patent number: 12238292
    Abstract: An image decoding method performed by a decoding device according to the present document comprises the steps of: deriving a context model for a sign flag of a current residual coefficient of a current block; and decoding the sign flag on the basis of the context model, wherein the context model for the sign flag is derived on the basis of a sign flag of a residual coefficient decoded before the current residual coefficient in the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sunmi Yoo, Jin Heo, Jungah Choi, Seunghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 12235032
    Abstract: In a refrigerator, a cam of a cam gear rotating by a driving motor is provided with a structure protruding from an edge portion of a cam gear to a center, thereby increasing the thickness of a cam surface. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the magnitude of force directly transferred from the cam gear to a magnet lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sangjun Kang, Yonghyun Kim, Jinil Hong
  • Patent number: 12235036
    Abstract: A home appliance, e.g. a refrigerator, includes a cabinet forming a space and a door for opening and closing the space, the door including a door body with an insulator filled therein, and a panel assembly mounted in front of the door body, wherein the panel assembly includes a lighting device configured to emit light, a panel forming a front surface of the door and configured to transmit light therethrough, a light guide plate disposed behind the panel and configured to guide light emitted from the lighting device to the panel, and a member disposed between the panel and the light guide plate, including the panel and the light guide plate mounted thereon, and configured to transmit light of the light guide plate through an entire part of the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jaesung Park, Hyesun Jung, Doyoun Han, Seongmin Song
  • Patent number: 12238770
    Abstract: A transmission device may perform listen-before-talk (LBT) with regard to an unlicensed band. The transmission device may determine M LBT sub-bands which are in an idle state, on the basis of the performing of the LBT for the unlicensed band. The transmission device may perform N repetitive transmissions of a transport block (TB) over the M LBT sub-bands. The N repetitive transmissions of the TB may include performing M repetitive transmissions over the M LBT sub-bands, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Duckhyun Bae, Hyunho Lee, Suckchel Yang, Seonwook Kim, Changhwan Park
  • Patent number: 12235389
    Abstract: A sensor assembly for detecting an object and a method of forming a sensor port in sheet metal are disclosed. The sensor assembly includes at least one electromagnetic source for emitting electromagnetic waves. The sensor assembly also includes at least one electromagnetic receiver for receiving the electromagnetic waves after reflecting from the object and corresponding with a detection of the object in proximity to the sensor assembly. In addition, the sensor assembly includes a filter cover disposed adjacent to and covering the at least one electromagnetic source and the at least one electromagnetic receiver configured to allow the electromagnetic waves to pass therethrough while reflecting visible light, thereby concealing the at least one electromagnetic source and the at least one electromagnetic receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Traian Miu, Gabriele Wayne Sabatini
  • Patent number: 12238730
    Abstract: A user equipment that has performed a random access procedure with respect to a base station may determine a DCI size to be monitored based on DCI size alignment and the base station may determine a DCI size to be used based on the DCI size alignment. The DCI size alignment may include aligning the size of a legacy UL DCI format and the size of a legacy DL DCI format after aligning the size of a new UL DCI format and the size of a new DL UCI format. Each of the new UL DCI format and the legacy UL DCI format is a DCI format used to schedule a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), and each of the new DL DCI format and the legacy DL DCI format is a DCI format used to schedule a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyunho Lee, Seonwook Kim, Duckhyun Bae
  • Patent number: 12236158
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting detect termination status in an audio communication system, wherein termination status indicates whether exactly one termination circuit is part of the audio communication system, are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: accept an input voltage, by a voltage-controlled current source that includes and drives a resistive load; generate an AC voltage used as an input voltage for the current source; connect a first set of one or more filters to the output of the current source that generate a first analog output signal; connect a second set of one or more filters to the resistive load that generate a second analog output signal; determine a ratio of the first and second analog output signals and use it to determine the termination status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: H.M. Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Lerner, Charles Butten
  • Patent number: 12238287
    Abstract: An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus, according to the present document, comprises the steps of: obtaining a dependent quantization available flag; obtaining a TSRC available flag, on the basis of the dependent quantization available flag; determining a residual coding syntax for a current block, on the basis of the TSRC available flag; obtaining residual information of the determined residual coding syntax for the current block; deriving a residual sample of the current block, on the basis of the residual information; and generating a reconstructed picture, on the basis of the residual sample, wherein the dependent quantization available flag is a flag regarding whether dependent quantization is available, the TSRC available flag is a flag regarding whether TSRC is available, and the TSRC available flag is obtained on the basis of the dependent quantization available flag having a value of 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jungah Choi, Sunmi Yoo, Jin Heo, Jangwon Choi, Seunghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 12238545
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for declaring radio link failure in multiple active bandwidth parts in a wireless communication system are provided. A wireless device activates a first bandwidth part (BWP) and a second BWP for a serving cell. A wireless device performs a radio link monitoring (RLM) on the first BWP and the second BWP. A wireless device detects a radio link problem on the first BWP. A wireless device decides whether to declare a radio link failure (RLF) for the serving cell based on radio link state of both the first BWP and the second BWP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Sangwon Kim
  • Patent number: 12238695
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus of transmitting and receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in a wireless communication system is disclosed. A method of receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include receiving, from a base station, configuration information related to one or more search space sets for the PDCCH; and based on overlapping of one or more monitoring occasions in a plurality of control resource sets (CORESETs) with different QCL (quasi co-location) configurations for a spatial reception parameter, receiving, from the base station, the PDCCH in a first CORESET with a first QCL configuration for the spatial reception parameter and a second CORESET with a second QCL configuration for the spatial reception parameter among the plurality of CORESET.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyungtae Kim, Jiwon Kang, Seonwook Kim, Suckchel Yang
  • Patent number: 12235035
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a cabinet and a door. The door includes a door body in which an insulating material is filled and a panel assembly detachably mounted on the door body. The panel assembly includes a panel which is configured to define a front surface of the door and through which light is transmitted, a back cover configured to define a rear surface of the panel assembly, a lower bracket configured to define a bottom surface of the panel assembly, and a lighting device mounted on the lower bracket to emit light to the panel. A bracket opening through which the lighting device is accessible is defined in the lower bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Seongmin Song
  • Publication number: 20250060107
    Abstract: A method for controlling cleaning of a cooking appliance is discussed. The cooking appliance may include a cavity configured to accommodate food to be cooked, the cavity including a panel, a broil heater configured to apply radiant heat to the cavity, and a bake heater configured to heat the panel. Additionally, the method may include selecting a mode including selecting a self-clean mode of the cavity, increasing an internal temperature of the cavity to a set second temperature, and maintaining the internal temperature of the cavity at the second temperature. Further, the increasing the internal temperature may include controlling a temperature increase rate inside the cavity in the increasing the internal temperature by operating the broil heater and the bake heater alternately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seungtae JANG, Moon Ho CHOI, Junhee LEE, Jaekeun LEE, Younghwan KWON, Seungho HAN, Byeongmin KIM
  • Patent number: 12232288
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an assembly structure for providing power for a chip. The assembly structure includes a circuit board configured to provide a first electrical energy; a chip provided with at least one electrical energy input terminal; and a first power converting module provided with at least one power output terminal. The first power converting module is electrically connected to the circuit board and the chip, converts the first electrical energy to a second electrical energy, and supplies the second electrical energy to the chip. The circuit board, the chip and the first power converting module are stacked; and a projection of the at least one electrical energy input terminal of the chip on the circuit board and a projection of the at least one the power output terminal of the first power converting module on the circuit board, are at least partially overlapped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Haoyi Ye, Jianhong Zeng, Yu Zhang, Peiqing Hu, Ziying Zhou
  • Patent number: 12228323
    Abstract: A method controls a refrigerator including first and second trays defining an ice chamber, a driving unit for moving the second tray, an ice bin for storing ice produced in the ice chamber, and an ice-fullness detection means for detecting whether or not the ice bin is full of ice. The method includes supplying water to the ice chamber when the second tray is at a water-supply position, making ice after the second tray has moved to an ice-making position in an inverse direction after the water supply has been completed, determining whether the ice bin is full of ice after the ice making is completed, moving the second tray to an ice-separating position and then rotating in the inverse direction if it is not determined whether or not the ice bin is full of ice, and determining again whether the ice bin is full of ice after ice separation is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yonghyun Kim, Jinil Hong, Jungjae Lee
  • Patent number: 12231671
    Abstract: An image decoding method performed by a decoding device, according to the present document, comprises the steps of: obtaining image information; and generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seethal Paluri, Seunghwan Kim, Jie Zhao
  • Patent number: 12232108
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a next-generation wireless communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate or the like beyond the 4th generation (4G) wireless communication system. According to various embodiments, provided are a method for transmitting and receiving a signal in a wireless communication system and an apparatus supporting same, and various other embodiments may also be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyunsu Cha, Kijun Kim, Hyunsoo Ko, Haewook Park, Jeongsu Lee
  • Patent number: 12228325
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes an ice tray, a motor, an ejector including a rotary shaft and a protrusion pin, and a heater for selectively supplying heat to the ice tray. A control method of the refrigerator includes a first step of sensing whether the ejector is rotated to reach a first setup position; a second step of driving the heater and stopping driving of an ice making compartment fan if the first step is satisfied; a third step of determining whether the ejector is rotated to reach a second setup position; and a fourth step of stopping driving of the heater if the third step is satisfied, and wherein the ejector continues to be rotated while the second to fourth steps are implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Donghoon Lee, Seungseob Yeom, Donghoon Lee, Wookyong Lee
  • Patent number: 12232243
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission apparatus for induction heating includes: a working coil that is configured to change operation based on selection of a mode of operation from among a plurality of operating modes, the plurality of operating modes including a wireless power transmission mode configured to wirelessly transmit power and a heating mode configured to heat one or more objects, an inverter that is configured to output, to the working coil, current at an operation frequency, and a controller. The controller is configured to calculate an eccentricity degree between the working coil and a reception coil of a target object and control, in the wireless power transmission mode, the operation frequency based on the calculated eccentricity degree in a preparation period prior to wireless power transmission to the target object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyunwook Moon, Euisung Kim, Yangkyeong Kim
  • Patent number: D1064248
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Ming-Kai Hsieh, Ching-Hsiang Huang, Po-Chun Wang, Kuan-Ting Shen, Hao-Cheng Wang