Patents Assigned to Electronics, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11470498
    Abstract: Provided are a method of selecting uplink carrier and a device supporting the method. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the method includes: configuring multiple uplink (UL) carriers for a cell; acquiring information on congestion of at least one of the multiple UL carriers; selecting one UL carrier among the multiple UL carriers based on the acquired information on congestion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Youngdae Lee, Sangwon Kim
  • Patent number: 11466924
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes an inner case defining a storage chamber, a door disposed at a front portion of the inner case and defining a storage space therein, a cool air distribution device disposed inside the inner case and defining a box inlet portion configured to receive cool air, a multi-duct disposed in the inner case and defining discharge holes configured to discharge a first portion of cool air in the cool air distribution device to the storage chamber, and a duct assembly that extends from the cool air distribution device toward the door and that is configured to carry a second portion of cool air in the cool air distribution device. The inner case defines a case inlet at the front portion of the inner case, and the case inlet is configured to communicate with the duct assembly and supply the second portion of cool air to the storage chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Minho Song
  • Patent number: 11466729
    Abstract: A motor assembly includes a rotation shaft, an impeller installed at one side of the rotation shaft, a rotor mounted at the other side of the rotation shaft to be spaced apart from the impeller along an axial direction of the rotation shaft, a stator surrounding an outer face of the rotor such that the stator is spaced apart from the rotor along a radial direction of the rotation shaft, a first bearing installed at the one side of the rotation shaft between the impeller and the rotor, and a second bearing installed at the other side of the rotation shaft, opposite to the first bearing with respect to the rotor, and disposed to be axially closer to the other end of the rotation shaft than the rotor. An outer diameter of the first bearing is larger than an outer diameter of the second bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sunggi Kim, Byungjik Kim, Eunji Hwang, Jisu Hwang
  • Patent number: 11470669
    Abstract: A method of operating a transmitting user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system includes establishing a link with a Rx UE by the Tx UE, and transmitting an RRC message based on sidelink radio link failure (RLF) to a base station (BS) by the Tx UE. The RRC message is related to reporting of the sidelink RLF to the BS, and includes a destination identifier (ID) related to the sidelink RLF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Giwon Park, Youngdae Lee, Seungmin Lee, Hanbyul Seo, Jongyoul Lee
  • Patent number: 11469835
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for reporting an ID of specific BWP among the multiple BWPs in a wireless communication system is provided. The method, by a UE, may include configuring multiple bandwidth parts (BWPs) including at least one of an active bandwidth part (BWP), receiving a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) measurement configuration and/or a channel occupancy measurement configuration from the network, performing a RSSI measurement and/or a channel occupancy measurement per each of the multiple BWPs, and reporting an identifier (ID) of a specific BWP among the multiple BWPs to the network when a condition related to the RSSI measurement and/or the channel occupancy measurement of the active BWP and the specific BWP is met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Sangwon Kim
  • Patent number: 11470613
    Abstract: Disclosed according to various embodiments are a method for transmitting a sidelink signal by a terminal in a wireless communication system supporting a sidelink and an apparatus therefor. The method for transmitting a sidelink signal comprises the steps of: applying scramble codes to data symbols and a DMRS; performing frequency-division multiplexing (FDM) of the data symbols and the DMRS; and transmitting a sidelink signal including the frequency division multiplexed (FDM) data symbols and DMRS, wherein the transmitted sidelink signal is a single sidelink signal selected from a plurality of sidelink signals which are generated by applying the plurality of scramble codes to the data symbols and the DMRS, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Hyukjin Chae
  • Patent number: 11465535
    Abstract: A vehicle control method is disclosed which is a method for adjusting a seat inside a vehicle. The vehicle control method includes: monitoring the surroundings of a passenger sitting in the seat through a camera installed inside the vehicle; sensing an object around the passenger through the monitoring; sending information on the sensed object to a server; receiving a preset seat setting value corresponding to the object information from the server; and adjusting the position of the seat according to the seat setting value. One or more of an autonomous vehicle according to the present invention, a user terminal, and a server may be associated with artificial intelligence, a robot, augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kyoungha Lee, Inyoung Hwang, Kangmin Kim, Sungil Cho
  • Patent number: 11466695
    Abstract: A motor assembly includes a rolling bearing installed on a rotation shaft between an impeller and a rotor to support a first support of the rotation shaft, and a motor housing having a stator. The motor housing has a gas bearing bracket for accommodating a second support of the rotation shaft disposed at a side opposite to the first support with respect to the rotor. The motor assembly includes a gas bearing assembly in the gas bearing bracket to support rotation of the second support of the rotation shaft. The gas bearing assembly includes a gas bearing for surrounding the second support. The gas bearing is spaced apart from the second support of the rotation shaft to define a gap therebetween when the rotation shaft rotates. The gas bearing assembly includes an elastic member interposed between the gas bearing bracket and the gas bearing to elastically support the gas bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sunggi Kim, Byungjik Kim, Eunji Hwang, Jisu Hwang
  • Patent number: 11470316
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for reconstructing a video signal by using a layered-givens transform, comprising the steps of: generating a transform block by performing entropy decoding and inverse quantization on a current block; performing an inverse secondary transformation on a left top specific area of the transform block by using the layered-givens transform; performing an inverse primary transformation on the block on which the inverse secondary transformation has been performed; and reconstructing the current block by using the block on which the inverse primary transformation has been performed, wherein the layered-givens transform includes a plurality of rotation layers and a permutation matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Moonmo Koo, Mehdi Salehifar, Seunghwan Kim, Jaehyun Lim
  • Patent number: 11470324
    Abstract: An image decoding method, according to the present document, may comprise the steps of: deriving transform coefficients for a current block on the basis of residual information; determining whether a significant coefficient is present in a second region excluding a first region in the top-left end of the current block; parsing a LFNST index from a bitstream if the significant coefficient is not present in the second region; deriving modified transform coefficients by applying a LFNST matrix, derived on the basis of the LFNST index, to transform coefficients of the first region; and deriving residual samples of the current block on the basis of an inverse primary transform of the modified transform coefficients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Moonmo Koo, Jaehyun Lim, Junghak Nam, Seunghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11469819
    Abstract: Proposed is a signal transmission method for a transmitting end performing visible light communication. The signal transmission method for a transmitting end performing visible light communication comprises: a step of modulating a signal; and a step of applying analog dimming control on the modulated signal and transmitting same. Meanwhile, the analog dimming control may include biasing of the modulated signal, and scaling of the modulated signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hojae Lee, Dongkyu Kim, Bonghoe Kim, Sangrim Lee, Woonghee Lee, Kijun Jeon
  • Patent number: 11469837
    Abstract: One disclosure of the present specification provides a UE performing sidelink communication. The UE may include: at least one transceiver; at least one processor; and at least one memory that stores instructions and is operably electrically connectable with the at least one processor. An operation performed on the basis of an instruction executed by the at least one processor may include the steps of: receiving, via a PSSCH or a PSCCH, a DMRS from another UE; and measuring an RSRP of the DMRS on the basis of RSRP measurement requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yoonoh Yang, Sangwook Lee, Suhwan Lim, Jinyup Hwang, Jongkeun Park
  • Patent number: 11470657
    Abstract: One disclosure of the present specification provides a method by which a user equipment (UE) performs a protocol data unit (PDU) session establishment procedure for a local area data network (LADN). The method comprises: when a pre-set condition related to an LADN policy is satisfied, transmitting a message requesting an access and mobility management function (AMF) for the LADN policy; receiving, from the AMF, the LADN policy provided by a policy control function (PCF), wherein the LADN policy comprises information about at least one application and information about a LADN data network name (DNN) related to the at least one application; determining a LADN DNN to be used by the UE, on the basis of the LADN policy; and transmitting a PDU session establishment request message related to the determined LADN DNN to the AMF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Myungjune Youn, Hyunsook Kim, Jinsook Ryu
  • Patent number: 11466388
    Abstract: A washing machine includes a case; a tub; a drum; a vibration sensor provided in the tub and configured to output a factor of a current vibration result for sensing a vibration value of the tub; a motor configured to drive the drum to process laundry; a motor control module configured to control a drum RPM to reflect a request RPM by controlling a current of the motor and output a current vibration inducing factor; an AI module configured to receive inputs of the current vibration result factor and the vibration inducing factor and output a compensating variable for proactively deal with a future vibration result that is expected based on a current laundry distribution state, in a dry-spin cycle; and a processor configured to perform a dry-spin cycle through centrifugal power of the drum by compensating the request RPM by reflecting the compensating variable in a vibration expectation section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Dongsoo Choung, Sungjin Kim, Guntae Bae, Suman Bae, Junkwan Lee
  • Patent number: 11466498
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes: a cabinet; a door rotatably connected to the cabinet by a hinge; and a door opening device for opening the door. The door opening device includes a driving motor and a push member configured to move in the forward/backward direction. The push member includes a first end portion positioned close to the front surface of the cabinet and a second end portion positioned on the opposite side of the first end portion. The cabinet includes a cabinet side wall positioned close to the hinge. The door includes a door side wall positioned close to the hinge. When the door is closed, the horizontal distance between the first end portion and the cabinet side wall or the door side wall is smaller than the horizontal distance between the second end portion and the cabinet side wall or the door side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Heejun Lee, Dongjeong Kim
  • Patent number: 11470328
    Abstract: A video decoding method comprises: deriving L0 and L1 motion vectors of a current block; deriving decoder-side motion vector refinement (DMVR) flag information indicating whether to apply a DMVR to the current block; when the DMVR flag information indicates that the DMVR is to be applied to the current block, deriving refined L0 and L1 motion vectors based on the L0 and L1 motion vectors by applying the DMVR to the current block; deriving prediction samples of the current block based on the refined L0 and L1 motion vectors; and generating reconstructed samples of the current block based on the predicted samples, wherein deriving DMVR flag information comprises deriving the DMVR flag information by applying the DMVR to the current block when the height of the current block is 8 or more, and when the values of L0 and L1 luma weighted prediction flag information are both 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Naeri Park, Junghak Nam, Hyeongmoon Jang
  • Patent number: 11470694
    Abstract: An induction heating device includes an induction heating circuit, a sensor configured to measure current applied to the induction heating circuit, and a controller. The controller includes: a switch driving unit configured to control operation of an inverter unit and to allow a resonance of the current, a container sensing unit, and a control unit. The container sensing unit is configured to: convert a first current value before the resonance into a first voltage value; control the switch driving unit to charge a working coil; compare the first voltage value with a resonance reference value; convert a second current value after the resonance into a second voltage value; generate one or more output pulses; and compare the second voltage value with a count reference value. The control unit is configured to determine whether an object is present on the working coil based on the one or more output pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Younghwan Kwack, Kyelyong Kang, Seongho Son, Seonho Jeon
  • Patent number: 11464053
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wireless communication system. Specifically, provided is a method and an apparatus for supporting same, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining random access procedure-related message A, message A including a physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble and a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH); transmitting message A; and receiving random access procedure-related message B as a response to message A, wherein the PUSCH comprises a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS), and PRACH preamble is mapped to (i) one or more DM-RS ports and (ii) one or more DM-RS sequences on the basis of indices of respective (i) one or more DM-RS ports and indices of respective (ii) one or more DM-RS sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyunsoo Ko, Sukhyon Yoon, Jeongsu Lee
  • Patent number: 11464030
    Abstract: A method of transmitting channel state information (CSI) in a wireless communication system includes: receiving, from a base station, configuration information related to CSI; receiving, from the base station, a CSI-reference signal (CSI-RS) on a plurality of CSI-RS resources; and transmitting, to the base station, first CSI based on the configuration information. The plurality of CSI-RS resources corresponding to the configuration information are configured with (i) one or more channel measurement resources (CMRs) configured to be used to derive CSI based on a single CMR and (ii) one or more CMR pairs configured to be used to derive CSI based on a single CMR pair, unless there is a specific configuration by the configuration information, based on the first CSI being CSI derived based on a single CMR, any CMR included in the one or more CMR pairs may be not used to derive the first CSI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kyuseok Kim, Jiwon Kang, Haewook Park
  • Patent number: 11460817
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a clothes treating apparatus that operates by executing an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm and/or a machine learning algorithm in a 5G environment connected for Internet of Things, and a method for operating the clothes treating apparatus. The method for operating the clothes treating apparatus includes acquiring a clothing image by using a camera to photograph a user wearing clothes and standing in front of a mirror display placed on a front surface of the clothes treating apparatus, analyzing the clothing image, setting an operation mode of the clothes treating apparatus according to the result of analyzing the clothing image, and causing the clothes treating apparatus to operate according to the set operation mode. It is possible to improve user satisfaction by automatically setting and activating an operation mode of a clothes treating apparatus based on clothing image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Mi Rae Kim, Sang Oh Kim, Jun Sang Yun