Patents Assigned to Electronics, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11566792
    Abstract: A knob assembly includes a front panel, a knob located at a front side of the front panel and configured to rotate based on operation by a user, a knob shaft that is coupled to the knob and that extends through the front panel, a supporting pipe that receives the knob shaft and that supports the knob shaft, the supporting pipe being configured to maintain a position relative to the front panel, a valve configured to control supply of gas to the appliance, a valve shaft connected to the valve and configured to control the valve to adjust a flow rate of gas based on rotation of the valve shaft, and a joint that couples the knob shaft to the valve shaft and that is configured to transfer at least one of a rotational motion or a linear motion of the knob shaft to the valve shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Yeonsik Ha
  • Patent number: 11564554
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a dishwasher having a heat pump, including a dishwasher body provided with a tub configured with a washing space therein and a sump provided at a bottom of the tub to temporarily accommodate washing water; a heat pump having a compressor, an evaporator, an expansion apparatus, and a sump condenser provided inside the sump to exchange heat with washing water inside the sump; and a controller that controls the heat pump to be driven so as to increase the temperature of the washing water inside the sump. As a result, a heating time of washing water may be shortened, thereby suppressing washing time from being prolonged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sangheon Yoon, Changyoon Jung
  • Patent number: 11568738
    Abstract: A set top box receives from a remote control device one or more of a codeset identifier, data indicative of a brand and model for a consumer electronic device, and remote control diagnostic information. The set top box then causes information representative of the received codeset identifier, data indicative of a brand and model for a consumer electronic device, and remote control diagnostic information to be displayed in a display device associated with the set top box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Universal Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Dan M. McKay, Raymond O. Chock
  • Patent number: 11566361
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a drain pump driving apparatus and a laundry treatment machine including the same. The drain pump driving apparatus and the laundry treatment machine including the same according to an embodiment of the present invention include a motor to operate the drain pump, an inverter to convert a direct current (DC) power to an alternating current (AC) power by a switching operation and output the converted AC power to the motor, an output current detector to detect an output current flowing to the motor, and a controller to control the inverter, wherein the controller may calculate a speed ripple of the motor based on the output current and performs a control operation based on the calculated speed ripple of the motor to change a speed of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jungmoon Je, Chungill Lee, Kiwook Lee
  • Patent number: 11566829
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator including a cabinet having a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment defined therein and an ice maker disposed in the freezing compartment. The ice maker includes a cold-air hole for receiving cold air, an upper tray made of an elastic material, wherein the upper tray is positioned to be exposed to the cold-air flowing from the cold-air hole, a lower tray made of an elastic material, wherein the lower tray is coupled to the upper tray to define a plurality of spherical ice chambers therebetween, a driver for pivoting the lower tray to open the spherical ice chambers, at least one thermally-insulating portion formed at a top face of the upper tray and corresponding to at least one of the ice chambers respectively, wherein the at least one thermally-insulating portion is constructed to prevent the cold-air from invading the at least one corresponding ice chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yonghyun Kim, Hyunji Park, Jinil Hong, Seunggeun Lee
  • Patent number: 11570678
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to method and apparatus for mobility in wireless communications. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method performed by a wireless device in a wireless communication system comprises: performing a dual active protocol stack (DAPS) mobility procedure for a mobility from a source cell to a target cell while maintaining a radio link for the source cell; performing a radio link monitoring (RLM) comprising a monitoring of a number of consecutive out-of-sync indications received on a radio link for the source cell during the DAPS mobility procedure; and after detecting a radio link failure (RLF) for the source cell based on the RLM, stopping a transmission on the radio link for the source cell during the DAPS mobility procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hongsuk Kim, Sunghoon Jung, Heejeong Cho
  • Patent number: 11570438
    Abstract: An image decoding method includes: acquiring a multiple transform selection (MTS) index and residual information from a bitstream; deriving transform coefficients for the current block on the basis of the residual information; and generating residual samples of the current block on the basis of the MTS index and the transform coefficients, wherein the MTS index indicates a transform kernel set to be applied to the current block among transform kernel set candidates, at least one bin among bins of a bin string of the MTS index is derived on the basis of context coding, the context coding is performed on the basis of values of increase and decrease in a context index pertaining to the MTS index, and a single value of increase and decrease in the context index can be used for the context coding of the first bin among the bins of the bin string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Junghak Nam, Moonmo Koo, Jaehyun Lim, Seunghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11570643
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method by which a terminal, in which a primary cell and a secondary cell are set, activate a bandwidth part (BWP) in a wireless communication system, comprising: receiving downlink control information (DCI) from a network, the DCI notifying the terminal of the separation of the secondary cell from the dormant BWP; and activating a specific BWP of the secondary cell on the basis of the DCI, the specific BWP being a BWP set by upper layer signaling received through the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Inkwon Seo, Joonkui Ahn, Suckchel Yang, Seonwook Kim
  • Patent number: 11567192
    Abstract: Disclosed is a radar for a vehicle configured to detect objects around a vehicle using an antenna, and the radar includes a substrate-integrated waveguide (SIW) in which a plurality of bent slots is formed, at least one processor electrically connected to the substrate-integrated waveguide, and a differential line electrically connecting the substrate-integrated waveguide to the at least one processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Sungjoo Kim
  • Patent number: 11570802
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system and, specifically, to a method and an apparatus therefor, the method comprising the steps of: receiving scheduling information for a plurality of consecutive transmission time intervals (TTIs); and transmitting data on the basis of the scheduling information, wherein the scheduling information includes a combination of a first symbol index and the number of consecutive symbols, the data is transmitted from a starting symbol of a first TTI (starting TTI) among the plurality of consecutive TTIs to an ending symbol of the last TR on the basis of the scheduling information, and the index of the starting symbol and the index of the ending symbol are determined on the basis of the combination of the first symbol index and the number of the consecutive symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Suckchel Yang, Hanjun Park, Seonwook Kim
  • Patent number: 11566360
    Abstract: A method for controlling a laundry processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises steps of: inputting power to at least a second processing device and, through an input unit in the second processing device, inputting an installation inspection instruction for the second processing device; performing a primary inspection process by the installation inspection instruction; and performing a second inspection process after the primary inspection process is completed. In the primary inspection process, the control unit of the second processing device controls a plurality of inspections to proceed automatically in sequence, and the plurality of inspections may comprise at least two of a pairing inspection, a drawer closing state inspection, a drawer locking state inspection, and a lid closing state inspection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jihun Kim, Jihun Han
  • Patent number: 11564524
    Abstract: A sous vide cooker having a housing, a bulkhead attached to the housing to form a first cavity, a heat sink attached to the bulkhead to form a second cavity, and a skirt attached to the bulkhead to form a third cavity below the heat sink. A TRIAC is physically attached in conductive thermal communication to the heat sink in the second cavity. The cooker also has a motor, an impeller located in the third cavity, a drive shaft extending through at least the heat sink and into the third cavity and operatively connecting the motor to the impeller, and a heating element located within the third cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Anova Applied Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl HÃ¥kan Messler, Xia Yujie, Vivian Lee Hu
  • Patent number: 11568206
    Abstract: Disclosed is an artificial intelligence or machine learning algorithm that may be applied to a plurality of machine learning devices in a 5G environment connected to perform the Internet of things. A machine learning method by a first learning machine according to one embodiment of the present disclosure may include obtaining input data; determining, from among a plurality of clusters, a cluster to which the input data belongs, by using a first artificial neural network; transmitting a plurality of sample features associated with the determined cluster to a second learning device using a second artificial neural network; receiving a label for the plurality of sample features from the second learning device, in response to the transmission; and associating the received label with the determined cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Nam Joon Kim
  • Patent number: 11570504
    Abstract: A configurable input element of a controlling device is configured by using a data representative of an over-the-top (OTT) media app determined to be installed on an OTT device and a data representative of the OTT device to identify at least one command that is required to be transmitted to cause the OTT device to launch the OTT media app. The at least one command is provisioned to the controlling device and assigned to the configurable input element. When the input element is subsequently activated, the controlling device will transmit the at least one command to cause the OTT device to launch the OTT media app.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Universal Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Hascher, Menno Koopmans
  • Patent number: 11570766
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for receiving control information by a UE in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus for same. More specifically, the method includes a step of receiving reconfiguration downlink control information (DCI), wherein the reconfiguration DCI includes a plurality of reconfigurations relating to a UE group including the UE and is configured so as to be received on the basis of a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) defined for the reconfiguration DCI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seungmin Lee, Hanbyul Seo, Inkwon Seo
  • Patent number: 11569937
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of receiving system information by a user equipment in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the method may include receiving a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) including Downlink Control Information (DCI) for scheduling the system information; descrambling a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) of the DCI based on a System Information-Radio Network Temporary Identifier (SI-RNTI); obtaining first information on a type of the system information from a specific bit included in the DCI; receiving the system information based on second information for scheduling the system information, which is included in the DCI; and determining the type of the system information based on the first information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyunsoo Ko, Kijun Kim, Eunsun Kim, Sukhyon Yoon
  • Patent number: 11570781
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus of transmitting and receiving a downlink signal in a wireless communication system is disclosed. A method of receiving a downlink signal by a terminal in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: transmitting capability information of the terminal to a base station, wherein the capability information includes information related to a number of second type quasi-colocation reference signal (QCL RS) supported by the terminal based on a number of activated receiving means of the terminal, receiving, from the base station, configuration information for a plurality of first type QCL RSs and at least one second type QCL RS and receiving the downlink signal based on the configuration information, and based on the number of second type QCL RS being 1, the downlink signal may be received based on one specific second type QCL RS among the at least one second type QCL RS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyungtae Kim, Jiwon Kang
  • Patent number: 11566623
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a scroll compressor having a shaft balancer capable of attenuating vibration while preventing deformation of the rotary shaft during operation at a high speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seungmock Lee, Jonghun Ha, Cheolhwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11566364
    Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus includes: a drum and a lifter that is disposed at an inner circumferential surface of the drum, that revolves, and that includes a frame cover and a lifter frame including (i) a frame base coupled to the inner circumferential surface of the drum and including a seating groove provided along a circumference of the frame base, (ii) a frame upper plate spaced apart from the frame base, and (iii) a frame sidewall connecting the frame upper plate to the frame base. The frame cover includes a cover upper plate and a cover sidewall having a lower end mounted on the seating groove to couple to the frame base and an upper end connected to the cover upper plate. A drain hole is defined at the seating groove and provides fluid communication between an upper surface and a lower surface of the frame base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sunghoon Kim, Jeongho Kim, Byung Jin Lee
  • Patent number: D976854
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jaeneung Jung, Minjae Lee, Myungwhoon Lee