Patents Assigned to Electronics, Inc.
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Patent number: 11661696Abstract: Disclosed is a laundry treating apparatus including a cabinet having a front face with a drawer hole defined therein, and a rear cover for forming a rear face of the cabinet, a drawer including a drawer body, a drawer cover, and a cover through-hole defined to penetrate the drawer cover, a tub including a tub body, a tub cover for forming a top face of the tub body, and an inlet defined to penetrate the tub cover, a drum rotatably disposed in the tub, wherein the drum accommodates laundry, a door for closing the inlet, and a door guide for providing a path for the door to reciprocate between a first point where the inlet is closed and a second point where the inlet is opened in a space defined between the tub cover and the drawer cover.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jihong Lee, Kwanwoong Jeong
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Patent number: 11661700Abstract: A clothes treatment apparatus comprises: a cabinet forming a treatment space for storing clothes; a filter module having a filter portion for filtering out dust from air; an air flow path having a plurality of preset flow paths for directing air to be discharged into the treatment space; a fan for moving the air in the air flow path; a single valve disposed on the air flow path, that changes the air flow path by rotating around a predetermined rotational axis; a valve actuating module for rotating the valve; and a control part for controlling the angle of rotation of the valve to select one of the plurality of flow paths. The plurality of flow paths comprise: at least one bypass flow path for directing the air to bypass the filter portion; and at least one filtering flow path for directing the air to pass through the filter portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2018Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hyungha Kang, Jaehyung Kim, Semin Jang, Joosik Jung
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Patent number: 11656743Abstract: A system and method whereby an user interface editing device is used to create a user interface for a controlling device, the created user interface including user interface elements that are associated with functional operations of a virtual equivalent of an appliance. After the created user interface is transferred to the controlling device, the virtual equivalent of an appliance is caused to be linked to an intended target appliance whereupon activation of those user interface elements of the graphical user interface that were associated with functional operations of the virtual equivalent of an appliance will cause the controlling device to transmit commands to control corresponding functional operations of the intended target appliance.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Universal Electronics Inc.Inventors: Arsham Hatambeiki, Christopher A. Chambers, Han-Sheng Yuh, Steven Clegg
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Patent number: 11659205Abstract: An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus according to the present disclosure includes receiving a bitstream including residual information; deriving quantized transform coefficients for a current block based on the residual information included in the bitstream; deriving residual samples for the current block based on the quantized transform coefficients; and generating a reconstructed picture based on the residual samples for the current block.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jungah Choi, Sunmi Yoo, Jin Heo, Ling Li, Jangwon Choi, Seunghwan Kim
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Patent number: 11657703Abstract: A codeset is described in a Public Codeset Communication Format (PCCF) as a format block including a plurality of fields having readily decipherable values, such as ASCII character values. One field is a mark/space information field that includes a sequence of mark time indicators and space time indicators for an operational signal of the codeset. A second field is a signal characteristic information field for the operational signal. Signal characteristic information may include carrier on/off information, repeat frame information, toggle control information, and last frame information. The PCCF is a codeset interchange format of general applicability.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2022Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Universal Electronics Inc.Inventor: George Vergis
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Patent number: 11658515Abstract: A wireless power transmission apparatus includes: a transmission coil configured to transmit power to a wireless power reception apparatus, an inverter that includes a plurality of switching elements and that is configured to output a current of a predetermined frequency to the transmission coil through an operation of the plurality of switching elements, and a controller. The controller can be configured to calculate an output level of power transmitted through the transmission coil, determine a load state of the wireless power reception apparatus based on a target level of power transmitted through the transmission coil and the calculated output level, and control the inverter based on the determined load state of the wireless power reception apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hyunwook Moon, Euisung Kim, Jaewoo Lee
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Patent number: 11658789Abstract: Provided are a method for transmitting a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) of a terminal in an unlicensed band and a device using the same method. The method comprises: receiving first information indicating a symbol index and second information indicating a length; and transmitting, in at least one slot capable of transmitting the PUSCH, the PUSCH by using a time resource determined on the basis of the first information and the second information.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2019Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Sechang Myung, Seonwook Kim, Changhwan Park, Suckchel Yang
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Patent number: 11654554Abstract: Provided are an artificial intelligence cleaning robot which establishes a cleaning plan in consideration of a previous cleaning history, and a method thereof. A method of operating a cleaning robot comprises dividing a cleaning area into a plurality of areas, storing a history of previous cleaning performed by the cleaning robot in a memory, establishing a cleaning plan based on the previous cleaning history stored in the memory and controlling the cleaning to be performed according to the established cleaning plan. Accordingly, it is possible to establish a cleaning plan with the reflection of a previous cleaning history, so that the cleaning efficiency of the cleaning robot can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jonghoon Chae, Kyuho Lee
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Patent number: 11659172Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method performed by an image decoding apparatus may comprise determining a current block by splitting an image, identifying whether a palette mode is applied for the current block based on a palette mode flag obtained from a bitstream, obtaining palette mode encoding information of the current block from the bitstream based on a tree type of the current block and whether the palette mode is applied for the current block, and obtaining chroma component prediction information of the current block from the bitstream based on the palette mode being not applied for the current block.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2022Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Hyeong Moon Jang
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Patent number: 11656024Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a storage chamber, a drawer door comprising a drawer part defining a storage space and a door part, an elevation device for elevating the storage space, a driving device, and a wiring guider between a top surface of the storage chamber and a bottom surface of the drawer door, the wiring guider guiding a wiring that provides an electrical connection between the cabinet and the driving device. The wiring guider includes a rotation connection member that rotatably couples a first end of the wiring guide to the cabinet, a guide head that fixedly couples a second end of the wiring guide to the door part, and a flexible portion that connects the rotation connection member to the guide head. The wiring between the cabinet and the driving device sequentially passes through the rotation connection member, the flexible portion, and the guide head.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2022Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Seonwoo Choi
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Patent number: 11658785Abstract: A method for receiving a PTRS by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system may comprise the steps of: receiving first information for configuring one or more bandwidth parts (BWPs); receiving second information including threshold value information relating to a frequency density of a PTRS; receiving downlink control information (DCI), wherein the DCI includes a first field indicating an activated BWP among the one or more BWPs configured on the basis of the first information, and a second field related to a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state; and receiving the PTRS in the activated BWP, wherein the frequency density of the PTRS is determined by the number of resource blocks associated with each TCI state.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2022Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Kyuseok Kim, Hyungtae Kim, Jiwon Kang
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Publication number: 20230151690Abstract: Systems, methods, and modes for controlling one or more roller shades in order to substantially synchronize and uniformly align a plurality of roller shades. Each shade comprises a roller tube, a shade material connected to the roller tube, a motor adapted to rotate the roller tube, and a controller. The controller is adapted to: drive the motor between a first limit position and a second limit position of the shade material at a first rotational speed; determine a run time it took the motor to move the shade material between the first limit position and the second limit position; using at least the determined run time, determine a second rotational speed for the controller to drive the motor between the first limit position and the second limit position within a predetermined run time; and set the motor to operate according to the second rotational speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2022Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicant: Crestron Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Victor M. Menendez, Benjamin M. Slivka
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Patent number: 11649971Abstract: A heat pump boiler is disclosed. The heat pump boiler includes a compressor. The heat pump boiler further includes an exterior heat exchanger that is configured to transfer heat between refrigerant and exterior air. The heat pump boiler further includes an interior heat exchanger that is configured to transfer heat between refrigerant and water. The heat pump boiler further includes a channel change valve that is configured to provide refrigerant compressed by the compressor to the exterior heat exchanger or the interior heat exchanger. The heat pump boiler further includes a first boiler heat exchanger that is configured to heat water that has passed through the interior heat exchanger from heat generated through combustion. The heat pump boiler further includes a second boiler heat exchanger that is configured to transfer heat between refrigerant and gas discharged from the first boiler heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2019Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Minsoo Kim, Jihyeong Ryu, Youngmin Lee, Eunjun Cho
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Patent number: 11652687Abstract: A communication system that includes a base unit and one or more end units that communicate over a primary communication link using a first communication protocol and a secondary communication link using a second protocol. The secondary communication link may be a shorter range communication link than the primary communication link. The secondary communication link may be used to transmit and receive registration information, configuration settings, and status information between the end units and the base unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: H.M. Electronics, Inc.Inventor: David O'Gwynn
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Patent number: 11653355Abstract: A method for performing wireless communication by a first device includes: receiving, from a base station, downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling a sidelink (SL) resource, the DCI including information related to time between a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) resource and a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource and information related to the PUCCH resource; transmitting, to a second device, a plurality of physical sidelink control channels (PSCCHs) and a plurality of physical sidelink shared channels (PSSCHs) based on the DCI; determining a plurality of PSFCH resources based on an index of a slot and a sub channel related to the plurality of PSSCHs and a source ID of the first device; receiving a plurality of pieces of SL HARQ feedback related to the plurality of PSSCHs; and transmitting, to the base station, one piece of SL hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback on one PUCCH resource.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2022Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Woosuk Ko, Hanbyul Seo, Seungmin Lee
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Patent number: 11649577Abstract: Provided are a washing machine that can be manufactured in a large capacity without deterioration in function, and a manufacturing method thereof. A washing machine includes a drum, a drum back, and a spider. The drum back includes a coupling portion formed to protrude in a front direction of the drum at a portion of the drum back to which the spider is coupled so as to correspond to a shape of the spider, a first forming portion formed to be recessed in a back direction of the drum at a portion of the drum back to which the spider is not coupled, and a reinforcement portion formed to additionally protrude in the front direction of the drum at a portion of the coupling portion that is adjacent to the first forming portions.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2020Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Sunghoon Kim, Hyun Seung Lee
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Patent number: 11652570Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method of receiving DCI by a UE includes receiving bundling information regarding REGs via higher layer signaling, performing blind detection for a PDCCH in a CORESET configured on a plurality of OFDM symbols, and acquiring DCI from the PDCCH. When the bundling information indicates a first value, the UE may perform bundling such that only REGs locating on a same RB and corresponding to different OFDM symbols in the CORESET, are bundled as 1 REG bundle, and when the bundling information indicates a second value, the UE may perform bundling such that the REGs locating on the same RB and corresponding to the different OFDM symbols are bundled as 1 REG bundle along with REGs locating on different RBs in the CORESET, and the UE may perform the blind detection of the PDCCH by assuming same precoding for REGs belonging to a same REG bundle as a result of REG bundling.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Inkwon Seo, Yunjung Yi
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Patent number: 11653012Abstract: A method or coding image information, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: binarizing according to different techniques, index values of forward prediction, backward prediction, and bidirectional prediction, depending on whether the bidirectional prediction is applied when inter-predicting a current block; and entropy coding a binarized codeword, wherein whether to apply the bidirectional prediction when inter-predicting the current block can be determined on the basis of the size of the current block. As a result, provided are a method for binarizing an inter-prediction direction of a prediction unit having a specific size, and an apparatus using same.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2022Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jungsun Kim, Joonyoung Park, Chulkeun Kim, Hendry Hendry, Byeongmoon Jeon
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Patent number: 11653422Abstract: An induction heating device includes a case, working coils, a cover plate, an input interface, a first control module configured to detect one or more of the working coils at a position of an object seated on the cover plate, a second control module configured to receive information on the position of the object and control the input interface to display an image of a heating zone, and light emitting elements disposed below a periphery of each of the plurality of working coils. The second control module is configured to analyze an arrangement form of the one or more of the working coils based on the information on the position of the object, and control driving of at least one of the light emitting elements based on a result of analyzing the arrangement form.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jae-Woo Lee, Seongjun Kim, Seungbok Ok
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Patent number: 11652396Abstract: The present disclosure provides a series resonant converter and its corresponding control method. In one aspect, the series resonant converter includes m (m=1, 2, 3, . . . ) sets of primary side stages in parallel, wherein each primary side stage is identical and includes n (n=2, 3, . . . ) stacked element circuits, where the primary side stages receive an input voltage; n×m resonant networks coupled to the primary side stages; n×m transformers having n×m primary side windings and n×m secondary side windings, where the primary side windings are coupled to the n×m resonant networks; p (p=1, 2, 3, . . . ) sets of secondary side stages in parallel, wherein each secondary side stage is identical and includes q (q=n×m/p) stacked element circuits, where the secondary side stages are coupled to n×m secondary side windings; and a control block controlling the primary side switches according to the output voltage, input voltage and input capacitor voltages.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Chi Zhang, Zhiyu Shen, Ruxi Wang, Peter Mantovanelli Barbosa