Patents Assigned to Electron, Inc.
  • Patent number: 12287141
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a door, and a hinge connecting the door to an upper surface of the cabinet. The hinge includes a mounting part mounted on the cabinet and a hinge pin inserted into the door. The door includes a door body that has a hinge mounting part and is filled with an insulating material, and a panel assembly mounted on a front surface of the door body. The hinge mounting part is recessed into the door body and receives the hinge inserted at a position spaced apart from the upper end of the door body. A pin mounting hole into which the hinge pin is inserted is formed on a lower surface of the hinge mounting part, and an upper opening through which an electric wire directed into the door passes is formed on an upper surface of the hinge mounting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Minho Cheong, Daekil Kang, Ohchul Kwon
  • Patent number: 12289815
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus includes an upper plate configured to support a cooking vessel, a heating module that is movably disposed in a space under the upper plate and that includes a coil, a substrate that is disposed between the upper plate and the heating module and that includes a plurality of coil patterns, an inverter configured to supply a resonance current to each of the plurality of coil patterns, and a controller configured to control the heating module, the substrate, and the inverter. The controller determines a position of the cooking vessel on the upper plate based on the number or a frequency of pulses of resonance current supplied to each of the plurality of coil patterns. The cooking apparatus recognizes the position of the cooking vessel disposed on the cooking apparatus and moves the heating module to the recognized position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyunwook Moon, Eui Sung Kim, Dooyong Oh
  • Patent number: 12289444
    Abstract: According to the disclosure of the present document, when the inter prediction type of a current block indicates bi-prediction, weight index information for candidates in a merge candidate list or a sub-block merge candidate list can be derived, and thus coding efficiency can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Naeri Park, Junghak Nam, Hyeongmoon Jang
  • Patent number: 12289273
    Abstract: In the present disclosure, disclosed are a method for transmitting and receiving data in a wireless communication system and an apparatus therefor. Particularly, a method by which a user equipment (UE) supported by a plurality of apparatuses comprising a first apparatus and a second apparatus transmits and receives data in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: receiving first control information from the first apparatus and receiving second control information from the second apparatus; receiving data from at least one of the first apparatus or the second apparatus; and transmitting, to at least one of the plurality of apparatuses, first feedback information regarding the first apparatus and second feedback information regarding the second apparatus, wherein the first control information and the second control information each comprises a downlink assignment index (DAI), and the DAI may be set on the basis of an index related to the plurality of apparatuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyungtae Kim, Suckchel Yang, Jiwon Kang, Jonghyun Park, Daesung Hwang, Kilbom Lee
  • Patent number: 12289680
    Abstract: Provided are a discontinuous reception (DRX) operation method of a terminal in a wireless communication system and an apparatus applying the method. The method comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, first configuration information which indicates a monitoring occasion for detecting first DCI comprising information that indicates whether the terminal has woken up; receiving, from the base station, second configuration information which indicates an operation to be applied to the terminal when the first DCI is not detected; monitoring a first PDCCH in order to detect the first DCI in the monitoring occasion; and when the first DCI fails to be detected in the monitoring occasion, monitoring a second PDCCH for detecting not the first DCI but second DCI in a next DRX-on duration on the basis of the second configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Inkwon Seo, Joonkui Ahn, Changhwan Park
  • Patent number: 12287509
    Abstract: The preset invention relates to a home appliance comprising: a cabinet having a storage space formed therein; a door for opening or closing an opened front surface of the cabinet; and a panel assembly mounted on a front surface of the door, wherein the panel assembly comprises: a front plate which forms the outer appearance of the door front surface and through which light passes; a light guide plate provided behind the front plate to guide light toward the front plate; and a lighting device including a plurality of light sources for emitting light having a configured color toward the light guide plate and a substrate on which the plurality of light sources are arranged, and the front plate is formed at one end adjacent to the lighting device and includes an inclination portion having an inclination surface formed to extend in a direction parallel to a direction in which the light sources are arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jaesung Park, Hyesun Jung, Doyoun Han
  • Patent number: 12289271
    Abstract: A UE may perform PDSCH reception in a plurality of cells including a primary cell and including a secondary cell configured for PUCCH cell switching, determine a slot n+K on the primary cell, based on a HARQ-ACK feedback timing value K for the PDSCH reception determined among a set of HARQ-ACK feedback timing values configured for the primary cell and on a last slot n overlapping with the PDSCH reception among slots of the primary cell, and transmit the HARQ-ACK information for the PDSCH reception in a slot m on the secondary cell, based on using the secondary cell for transmission of the HARQ-ACK information for the PDSCH reception based on the PUCCH cell switching. The slot m may be a slot including start of the slot n+K among slots of the secondary cell overlapping with the slot n+K.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Duckhyun Bae, Suckchel Yang, Seonwook Kim
  • Patent number: 12286059
    Abstract: A vehicular camera assembly includes an imager printed circuit board (imager PCB), a lens barrel accommodating a lens, and a camera housing. The imager PCB has an imager disposed at a first side of the imager PCB. The lens barrel is disposed at a first portion of the camera housing. The imager PCB is attached at the first portion or a second portion of the camera housing, and, with the imager PCB attached at the first portion or the second portion of the camera housing and with the lens barrel disposed at the first portion, the imager at the first side of the imager PCB faces the lens accommodated by the lens barrel. The vehicular camera assembly includes at least one component that (i) is formed of a thermoplastic material, and (ii) has undergone electron beam treatment (EB treatment) that crosslinks molecules between polymer chains of the thermoplastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Gavin E. Skrocki
  • Patent number: 12289445
    Abstract: According to the disclosure of the present document, when the inter prediction type of a current block indicates biprediction, weight index information for candidates in a merge candidate list or a sub-block merge candidate list can be induced or derived, and coding efficiency can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Naeri Park, Junghak Nam, Hyeongmoon Jang
  • Patent number: 12286102
    Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes a front camera disposed at a windshield of a vehicle equipped with the system and a side camera disposed at a side mirror of the vehicle. An electronic control unit (ECU) includes an image processor for processing image data captured by the cameras. The vehicular vision system, responsive to processing by the image processor of image data captured by the front camera, detects a leading vehicle traveling in front of the equipped vehicle in a traffic lane the equipped vehicle is also traveling along. The vehicular vision system, responsive to determination of an intent of the equipped vehicle to change lanes and to processing by the image processor of image data captured by the side camera, detects an oncoming vehicle traveling in a traffic lane adjacent to the traffic lane the equipped vehicle is traveling along.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Wilhelm Johann Wolfgang Wöhlte
  • Patent number: 12287135
    Abstract: An ice maker of the present embodiment comprises: an upper tray including an upper tray body defining an upper chamber that is a portion of an ice chamber for generating ice; and a lower tray rotated relative to the upper tray based on a rotational center, and including a lower tray body defining a lower chamber that is another portion of the ice chamber, wherein a top surface of the lower tray body can contact a bottom surface of the upper tray body, the rotational center is disposed outside of the upper chamber and the lower chamber, the bottom surface of the upper tray body includes a first surface and a second surface disposed farther from the rotational center than the first surface, and before the top surface of the lower tray body contacts the bottom surface of the upper tray body, the second surface is lower than the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jinil Hong, Yonghyun Kim, Seungjin Choi
  • Publication number: 20250129533
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a technique pertaining to a method and device for providing guiding information after washing is finished, and the method for providing guiding information after washing is finished, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a step in which a server communication unit of a management server receives, from a washer, a first message notifying that washing is finished; a step in which the server communication unit receives, from a dryer for drying the laundry from the washer, a second message notifying the start of drying; a step in which a server control unit of the management server calculates, using the first message and the second message, the time during which the laundry was left in the washer; and a step in which the server control unit controls a notification process of the washer or of the dryer by comparing the time during which the laundry was left inside with a reference time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Won KIM, Tae Yoon KIM, Jung Hyub LEE, Taekyo LEE
  • Patent number: 12284784
    Abstract: A hot-swappable pump unit (HSPU) and a coolant distribution unit (CDU) using the same are disclosed. The HSPU is connected to a loop inlet element, a loop outlet element and a fixed component of CDU along a matching direction. The HSPU includes a housing, a pump, a pump inlet element, a pump outlet element and a fastening component. The pump inlet element is in communication with the pump by passing through a first lateral wall of the housing. The pump outlet element is in communication with the pump by passing through the first lateral wall. The fastening component is arranged on the housing and configured to engage with the fixed component, to drive the hosing to move along the matching direction. Whereby, the pump inlet element and the loop outlet element are matched and connected, and the pump outlet element and the loop inlet element are matched and connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Shih-Kang Lin, Li-Kuang Tan
  • Patent number: 12281832
    Abstract: An ice maker of the present invention comprises: an upper tray defining an upper chamber that is a portion of an ice chamber, wherein an upper opening is provided in an upper side of the upper tray; a lower tray defining a lower chamber that is another portion of the ice chamber; a lower support supporting the lower tray and provided with a lower heater; and a control unit configured to operate the lower heater in an ice making process, wherein the control unit variably controls an output of the lower heater so that bubbles included in water in the ice chamber are gathered in a lowermost section in the ice making process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yonghyun Kim, Jinil Hong
  • Patent number: 12281833
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet having a storage space and a door configured to open and close the storage space. The door includes a panel assembly including a front panel and an insulating panel spaced apart from the front panel, a door frame that is in contact with the front panel, and a door liner which is connected to the door frame and is in contact with the insulating panel, the door liner being configured to define an insulating space, in which an insulator is disposed, together with the panel assembly and the door frame. The door liner includes a contact surface that is in contact with the insulating panel, and a recessed space is defined on the contact surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Daham Bae, Daekil Kang, Ohchul Kwon
  • Patent number: 12284629
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for support of CU-DU split in MT-EDT procedure in a wireless communication system is provided. A Central Unit (CU) of a Radio Access Network (RAN node) receives, from a Distributed Unit (DU) of the RAN node, second information related to a transport block used for the wireless device. The CU decides a Radio Resource Control (RRC) state for transmitting the downlink (DL) data to the wireless device based on the first information related to the DL data and the second information related to the transport block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seokjung Kim, Hyunjung Choe, Jian Xu, Daewook Byun
  • Patent number: 12281835
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a refrigerating compartment, a freezing compartment, and an ice-making compartment. The refrigerating compartment is configured to receive cool air from a refrigerating compartment side grille fan assembly, and the ice-making compartment is configured to be located any one refrigerating compartment door and to receive cool air from a freezing compartment side grille fan assembly with the freezing compartment. The refrigerating compartment side grille fan assembly is configured to supply a greater amount of cool air to the side where the ice-making compartment and the refrigerating compartment side grille fan assembly are located, and to perform cool air supply proportional to temperature influence provided from the ice-making compartment and the refrigerating compartment side grille fan assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Ki Hwang Kim, Ho Jin Choi, Dong Hwi Kim, Sung Hee Kang, Sang Ho Jung
  • Patent number: 12284370
    Abstract: An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus, according to the present document, comprises the steps of: acquiring image information comprising a flag indicating whether or not one chroma quantization parameter table is to be applied with respect to chroma components, and prediction information and residual information regarding the chroma components; on the basis of the flag, deriving a chroma quantization parameter for the chroma components; deriving residual samples for the chroma components on the basis of the residual information and the chroma quantization parameter; and generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of prediction samples, which have been derived on the basis of the prediction information, and the residual samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seethal Paluri, Seunghwan Kim, Jie Zhao
  • Patent number: D1071905
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Universal Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Rex Xu, Ara Gharapetian
  • Fan
    Patent number: D1073040
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Kuo-Tung Hsu, Shun-Chen Chang, Wen-Chun Hsu, Chao-Fu Yang, Shuo-Sheng Hsu