Patents Assigned to Electron, Inc.
  • Patent number: 12225539
    Abstract: The present specification provides a method, performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, for receiving a minimum slot offset, the method being characterized in that: the minimum slot offset is received from a base station, and is associated with the expectation that a terminal will receive a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) on the basis of at least one slot offset having a value equal to or greater than the minimum slot offset; and a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is monitored on at least one search space set, on the basis of the minimum slot offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Inkwon Seo, Sukhyon Yoon, Joonkui Ahn, Changhwan Park, Seonwook Kim
  • Patent number: 12221741
    Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus includes a detergent storage unit retractable or extendable into or from a cabinet through a front opening. The detergent storage unit includes: a detergent storage frame retractable or extendable into or from the cabinet through the opening, where the detergent storage frame has detergent containing walls protruding upward from a bottom face thereof, where a detergent containing region is defined by the detergent containing walls; a detergent reservoir installed detachably on the detergent storage frame and surrounding at least a portion of the detergent containing region, where first detergent is stored in the detergent reservoir; and a detergent cup installed detachably in the detergent containing region. The detergent storage frame has a detergent container formed in a portion of the detergent containing region except for the detergent cup, second detergent is stored in the detergent container, and third detergent is stored in the detergent cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sungwoon Jung, Hunjun Jang
  • Publication number: 20250043485
    Abstract: Disclosed is a laundry treating apparatus including a first treating apparatus including a first drum configured to receive laundry, a second treating apparatus including a second drum configured to receive laundry, an output unit configured to output a screen, an input unit configured to receive a user command for selecting a target to be displayed on the screen, and a power button provided in only one of the first treating apparatus and the second treating apparatus, the power button being manipulated by a user, wherein the plurality of treating apparatuses is powered on or off by the power button.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Sangin Chung
  • Publication number: 20250047249
    Abstract: Described herein is a triangle wave generator circuit for use with a class D amplifier, the triangle wave generator circuit adapted to generate and output a triangle wave signal and comprising: a clock generating circuit adapted to provide a timing signal that generates a period of the output triangle wave; a first current source adapted to provide a first source current at a first magnitude; a first current sink adapted to sink a first sink current at about two times the first magnitude; a DC servo circuit adapted to adjust the first magnitude of the first source current based on a direct current (DC) voltage present in the output triangle wave signal so that the DC voltage on the output triangle wave signal is substantially eliminated; and an output filter circuit adapted to substantially reduce audio frequency noise in the output triangle wave, and generate the output triangle wave signal at a desired peak-to-peak voltage level based on the first source current and first sink current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: Crestron Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Buono
  • Publication number: 20250043960
    Abstract: An invention relating to a cooking appliance is disclosed. In the disclosed invention, at least one of a first manipulation device and a second manipulation device comprises a dial for selecting one of two or more operation modes and a pushbutton for selecting one of two operation modes, and the types of operation modes selectable by the second manipulation device may vary according to operation modes selected by the first manipulation device, or the types of operation modes selectable by the dial may vary according to operation modes selected by the pushbutton.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyeunsik NAM, Taeyong JUNG, Chanbo SHIM
  • Patent number: 12215453
    Abstract: A washing machine includes a casing, a tub, a drum, a pump for sending water discharged from the tub, a gasket connecting an input port of the casing to an opening of the tub and having nozzles for spraying water into the drum, and a nozzle water supply pipe configured to guide water introduced through the opening into a first sub-flow and a second sub-flow. The nozzle water pipe includes first nozzle water supply ports, formed on a first flow path to which the first sub-flow is guided, for supplying the first sub-flow to any two or more nozzles among the plurality of nozzles, and second nozzle water supply ports, formed on a second flow path to which the second sub-flow is guided, for supplying the second sub-flow to other two or more nozzles among the plurality of nozzles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hwanjin Jung, Myunghun Im, Junghoon Lee, Kyungchul Woo, Jaehyun Kim, Hyundong Kim
  • Patent number: 12215918
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a door configured to open/close the cabinet, an outer plate defining a front surface of the door and having an opening formed therein to pass through the door, a door liner defining a rear surface of the door, lighting members configured to illuminate storage spaces of the door and the cabinet, a transparent panel assembly mounted to shield the opening and allowing the storage spaces to be selectively seen according to an ON/OFF state of the lighting members, an insulator filled between the outer plate and the door liner, and a blocking part arranged inside the door along a periphery of the transparent panel assembly and detachably coupled to a peripheral surface of the transparent panel assembly to fix the transparent panel assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Chanuk Kang, Hyuk Kwon, Sangmyung Lee
  • Patent number: 12217899
    Abstract: A power system includes a power module, an electronic load and a system board. The power module includes a first surface, a second surface, a switch and a plurality of conductive parts, wherein the switch is disposed on the first surface of the power module and the plurality of conductive parts are disposed on the second surface of the power module. The electronic load includes a plurality of conductive parts. The power module and the electronic load are disposed on two opposite sides of the system board, the power module delivers power to the electronic load through the system board, and gaps and networks of the plurality of conductive parts of the power module correspond to those of the plurality of conductive parts of the electronic load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Yahong Xiong, Da Jin, Qinghua Su
  • Patent number: 12217047
    Abstract: A system and method functions to make an app as installed on a smart device usable to access a service, such as a media streaming service. A presence of a counterpart to the app as installed on an appliance within a home network which includes the smart device is detected. A user credential, such as a username and password combination, that is associated with the counterpart to the app is then identified. The user credential is caused to be automatically associated with the app as installed on the smart device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Universal Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Paul D. Arling, Arsham Hatambeiki
  • Patent number: 12218524
    Abstract: A wireless power transmitting device according to an embodiment of the present specification transmits wireless power to a wireless power receiving device, and includes a power conversion circuit including a primary coil for transmitting the wireless power to the wireless power receiving device and a communication/control circuit for communicating with the wireless power receiving device and controlling the power conversion circuit, wherein, to detect foreign substances between the wireless power receiving device and the wireless power transmitting device, the communication/control circuit stops the transmission of the wireless power for a slot time, detects the foreign substances on the basis of a change in the voltage or current of the primary coil within the slot time, and sets the slot time to start from a point in time when the current of the primary coil is 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyoungseok Kim, Jaeyeol Kim, Seonghun Lee, Gyunghwan Yook, Hongkwon Kim
  • Patent number: 12214822
    Abstract: A vehicular trailering assist system for a vehicle includes a camera disposed at a rear portion of a vehicle and having a field of view exterior and at least rearward of the vehicle, the field of view encompassing at least a portion of a trailer hitched to the vehicle. A control includes a processor for processing image data captured by the camera and sensor data captured by a steering wheel angle sensor and a wheel RPM sensor. The control determines a trailer angle of the trailer relative to the vehicle, a steering wheel angle, and a wheel RPM of a wheel of the vehicle. The control estimates a trailer beam length based on at least the determined trailer angle, the determined steering wheel angle, and the determined wheel RPM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Anam M. Yunus, David A. Gomez, Jinyi Tan, Yi Zhou
  • Patent number: 12219411
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for performing a cell change procedure in the wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving configuration information indicating an identifier of a radio bearer to which a cell change procedure be performed; and performing the cell change procedure in RLC (Radio Link Control) and PDCP (Packet Data Convergence Protocol) entities of the radio bearer indicated in the configuration information, wherein the cell change procedure comprises a re-establishment of the RLC and PDCP entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seungjune Yi, Sunyoung Lee, Youngdae Lee, Sungjun Park
  • Patent number: 12215914
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a first discharge part such that a temperature distribution difference between the upper section (upper space relative to the center portion of the inside of a storage compartment) of the inside of the storage compartment and the lower section (lower space relative to the center portion of the inside of the storage compartment) of the inside of the storage compartment may be reduced. In addition, water produced in the surrounding area of a blower fan may flow down into a flow path formed under the blower fan such that the loss of the flow amount of cold air may be reduced. Due to such a structure of the refrigerator, even temperature distribution inside of the storage compartment may be realized, and consumption efficiency may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Han Byeol Yoon
  • Patent number: 12215913
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator including a cabinet forming one of a refrigerator compartment and a freezer compartment, a main door opening and closing the refrigerator compartment or the freezer compartment and including a storage space opened forward, a sub door installed on the main door and opening and closing the storage space of the main door, and a dispenser disposed on the sub door and dispensing water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seonil Yu, Kyeongchul Cho, Insun Yeo, Hongsik Kwon
  • Patent number: 12216880
    Abstract: A digital television includes: a display; a tuner; a wireless network interface to transmit data to a mobile terminal and receive audio information and screen; and a controller. The controller is configured to control a signal processor to decode the video signal and the screen information, control the display to display first image corresponding to the decoded video signal with second image corresponding to the decoded screen information, the second image corresponding to an image displayed on the mobile terminal, and receive a command from a remote controller. The controller is also configured to control the signal processor to process the audio signal and the audio information and to output the processed audio signal or the processed audio information to an audio output unit, and to control the signal processor to change the second image's size or position depending on the at least one command received from the remote controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kwontae Lee, Youngkeun Kim
  • Patent number: 12219646
    Abstract: Provided in one disclosure of the present specification is an operation method of a relay user equipment (UE) for a remote UE. The method may comprise a step in which the relay UE receives, from a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message or an RRC connection reconfiguration message. The RRC reconfiguration message or the RRC connection reconfiguration message may include identification information of a data radio bearer (DRB) shared with the remote UE and information on a protocol data unit (PDU) session which must be deleted or released in the DRB. The method may comprise a step in which an access stratum (AS) layer of the relay UE relays, to a non-access stratum (NAS) layer, information that a user plane (UP) connection of the PDU session was released, on the basis of the received RRC reconfiguration message or the RRC connection reconfiguration message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Laeyoung Kim, Myungjune Youn
  • Patent number: 12217601
    Abstract: In response to a detected presence of an intended target appliance within a logical topography of controllable appliances identity information associated with the intended target appliance is used to automatically add to a graphical user interface of a controlling device an icon representative of the intended target appliance and to create at a Universal Control Engine a listing of communication methods for use in controlling corresponding functional operations of the intended target appliance. When the icon is later activated, the controlling device is placed into an operating state appropriate for controlling functional operations of the intended target appliance while the Universal Control Engine uses at least one of the communication methods to transmit at least one command to place the intended target appliance into a predetermined operating state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Universal Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Paul D. Arling, Brian Barnett
  • Patent number: 12215917
    Abstract: A home appliance includes a cabinet defining a storage region and a door to open and close the storage region. The door includes a door body and a panel assembly mounted on the door body. The panel assembly includes a panel through which light is transmissible, a light guide plate spaced apart from the panel and having a pattern so that the light is irradiated onto the panel, and a light source installed to be spaced apart from a light entrance surface of the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Doyoun Han, Hyesun Jung, Jaesung Park
  • Patent number: D1060322
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Crestron Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Akinyemi Fapohunda, Wendy Feldstein
  • Patent number: D1060360
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Crestron Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Florczak, Sae Jhun