Patents Assigned to Electronics, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11377775
    Abstract: Disclosed is a washing machine including: a plurality of nozzles provided in an inner circumferential surface of a gasket body to spray water into a drum; a pump configured to pump water discharged from a tub; a distribution pipe supplying the water, pumped by the pump, to the plurality of nozzles; and a circulation pipe connecting the distribution pipe and the pump, wherein the pump is disposed in one side of left and right sides with reference to the inlet port, wherein the circulation pipe is bent at least once, wherein the inlet port includes a first positioning protrusion protruding from an outer circumferential surface of an inlet pipe coupled to the circulation pipe, and wherein a first positioning groove allowing the first positioning protrusion to be inserted thereinto is formed at one end of the circulation pipe, and accordingly, misassembling of the circulation pipe may be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hosung Jang, Sunghoon Kim, Hwanchan Ryu
  • Patent number: 11377776
    Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet with an inlet; a tub configured to receive water, having a tub inlet facing the inlet; a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub, configured to receive laundry, and having a drum inlet facing the inlet; a storage provided inside the cabinet and configured to store detergent; a discharge pipe configured to discharge the detergent to an outside of the storage, made of an elastic body; an insulating body connecting the inlet with the tub inlet; an inlet pipe made of an elastic body, passing through a circumferential surface of the insulating body; and a connector having one end inserted into the discharge pipe and the other end inserted into the inlet pipe to connect the discharge pipe with the inlet pipe, made of a material different from that of each of the discharge pipe and the inlet pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kilryong Lee, Dongwon Kang, Donghyun Jin
  • Patent number: 11377769
    Abstract: A laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinet and a drawer retractably provided in the cabinet. An accommodation unit is provided at the drawer and defines a space configured to receive washing water. The laundry treatment apparatus includes a guider. The guider includes a first body rotatably coupled to the cabinet, and a second body rotatably coupled to the first body and the drawer and configured to connect the first body to the drawer. A supply unit is connected to a water supply source. A water supply channel is provided along the guider and is configured to supply water between the supply unit and the accommodation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jihong Lee, Kwangchul Heo
  • Patent number: 11382115
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and device for transmitting an uplink signal by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system supporting an unlicensed band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seonwook Kim, Joonkui Ahn, Suckchel Yang, Changhwan Park
  • Patent number: 11381373
    Abstract: This specification provides a method of performing a bandwidth part (BWP) operation in a wireless communication system. Specifically, The method performed by a terminal includes receiving a first message including information related to at least one initial BWP configuration from a network, receiving a second message including configuration information for an additional BWP from the network, receiving downlink control information (DCI) related to BWP switching for at least one configured BWP from the network, and transmitting and receiving signals to and from the network in an activated BWP based on the received DCI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Huayue Song, Yunjung Yi
  • Patent number: 11378331
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a door, an out plate that defines a front surface of the door, a display part at the out plate that defines plate holes configured to display operation information of the refrigerator by transmission of light through the out plate, light emitting members in the door at positions corresponding to the plate holes, hole filling members that fill the plate holes, and a first layer located at a surface of the hole filling members. The first layer includes a light blocking part, and light transmission parts positioned in an inner region of the plate holes. The display part is configured to transmit light having passed through one or more of the light transmission parts corresponding to one or more of the light emitting members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Youngwoo Kim, Chijung Kim, Pojin Kim, Hyesun Jung
  • Patent number: 11382144
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for transmitting a physical random access channel (PRACH) by a user equipment in a wireless communication system. In particular, the method includes receiving information about PRACH resource allocation, and transmitting, based on the information, the PRACH on any one of one or more PRACH occasions allocated in a PRACH slot, wherein a number of the one or more PRACH occasions is based on a preamble format and a starting Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol for the PRACH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyunsoo Ko, Sukhyon Yoon, Eunsun Kim
  • Patent number: 11377778
    Abstract: A pump includes: a pump housing having an inflow port, a first discharge port, and a second discharge port; a pump motor for providing a rotational force; and an impeller disposed in the pump housing and configured to pump water introduced through the inflow port. A planetary gear train includes a carrier connected to a rotary shaft of the pump motor, a sun gear connected to the impeller, a pinion gear rotatably installed in the carrier and engaged with the sun gear, and a ring gear engaged with the pinion gear. A rotatable valve disc is couple with the ring gear in the pump housing, and configured to close the first discharge port and open the second discharge port in a first rotation position, and open the first discharge port and close the second discharge port in a second rotation position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Dongcheol Kim, Youngjong Kim
  • Patent number: 11377904
    Abstract: A roller shade adapted to be installed in a non-rectangular structural opening comprising a roller tube, a shade material, a hem bar, and a pair of longitudinal side channels. The hem bar may be extendable and may comprise a pair of wheels at its opposite terminal ends. Each wheel is adapted to be retained by and travel within one of the longitudinal channels which are adapted to guide the hem bar assembly along the side jambs and control an extension of the extendable hem bar as the shade material is rolled on or unrolled from the roller tube and the distance between the side jambs changes. The roller shade may further comprise a pair of tension modules adapted to be attached to the hem bar proximate to one of the wheels to provide tension on the hem bar assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Crestron Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Campagna
  • Patent number: 11382072
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a device for a New Radio (NR) access technology base station transmitting a signal in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method comprises the steps of: checking a configuration associated with a subframe assigned to a Long Term Evolution (LTE) band; according to the checked configuration, determining a resource region in which a NR downlink signal may be assigned in the LTE band in a specific subframe shared for NR communication; and transmitting a control resource set (CORSET) via the resource region. The NR UE is capable of communicating with at least one of another UE, a UE related to an autonomous driving vehicle, a base station or a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Youngtae Kim, Yunjung Yi, Inkwon Seo, Jaehyung Kim, Hyunsoo Ko
  • Patent number: 11378456
    Abstract: A method and an ambient light color sensor adapted to determine color of ambient light comprising a memory, a processor, and a light color sensor with a plurality of channels that detect light at different wavelengths. Wherein the memory comprises a calibration matrix determined by calibrating a test light color sensing device under at least one ambient lighting condition, and a normalized gain value for each channel determined by calibrating the ambient light color sensing device to an artificial light source. Wherein the processor receives the sensor readings from the light color sensor, normalizes each received sensor reading using the normalized gain value of a respective channel, determines at least one measured light color value that quantifies color of light from the normalized sensor readings, and determines at least one calibrated light color value by correlating the at least one measured light color value through the calibration matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Crestron Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Dennis Hromin
  • Publication number: 20220210884
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and modes for commissioning of a building control system comprising a plurality of electronic devices installed in a building each adapted to communicate over a communication network and comprising at least one light source adapted to emit light of a plurality of colors. The system comprises at least one controller in communication with the plurality of electronic devices over the communication network, wherein the at least one controller is adapted to iteratively select one or more of the plurality of electronic devices to commission, command the selected electronic devices to emit a plurality of different assigned colors, and receive an identification of at least one illuminated color of an electronic device to be commissioned until the electronic device to be commissioned is identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: Crestron Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Campagna, Benjamin M. Slivka
  • Publication number: 20220210890
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method for an automatic dimming and color adjusting backlight LEDs of wall mounted control device buttons. The control device comprises a light sensor that detects light levels in a room where the control device is installed. The control device comprises a controller that operates the backlight LEDs according to day color setting when it receive a light level reading from the light sensor that is above a day/night threshold and according to a night color setting when it receives a light level reading from the light sensor that is below the day/night threshold. In addition, the controller dims the backlight LEDs based on the detected light level readings according an indication mode dimming curve when the backlight LEDs are in an indication mode and according to a backlight mode dimming curve when the backlight LEDs are in a backlight mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: Crestron Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin M. Slivka, Dennis J. Hromin
  • Patent number: 11370456
    Abstract: Provided are a system and a method for providing service to recommend customized exercise used for autonomous vehicle. The system and method are configured to determine whether the user does the exercise safely and freely during autonomous control of the vehicle through the monitoring system in the autonomous vehicle and recommend the customized exercise used for the autonomous vehicle according to a situation of the user and the situation of the autonomous control and to determine whether the user does the exercise safely and freely during the autonomous control of the vehicle through the monitoring system in the autonomous vehicle and recommend the autonomous vehicle in which the user can do the recommended exercise according to the situation of the user and the situation of the autonomous control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yong Soo Park, Hyong Guk Kim, Hyeong Jin Im, Jaehoon Cho, Hee Jeong Heo, Yoonjung Hong
  • Patent number: 11371650
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a head portion, an undercarriage portion, and a telescopic portion configured to adjustably move into a plurality of different lengths. A first end of the head portion is rotatably attached to a first end of the undercarriage portion and a second end of the undercarriage portion is rotatably attached to a first end of the telescopic portion. A second end of the head portion is rotatably attached to a second end of the telescopic portion. In a first position, the telescopic portion has a first length of the plurality of different lengths and the head portion and the undercarriage portion form a first angle. In a second position, the telescopic portion has a second length of the plurality of different lengths and the head portion and the undercarriage portion form a second angle different from the first angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Universal Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Martin van Til, Niek Fox, Luigi D'Andrea
  • Patent number: 11371766
    Abstract: In a refrigerator, a cam of a cam gear rotating by a driving motor is provided with a structure protruding from an edge portion of a cam gear to a center, thereby increasing the thickness of a cam surface. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the magnitude of force directly transferred from the cam gear to a magnet lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sangjun Kang, Yonghyun Kim, Jinil Hong
  • Patent number: 11371179
    Abstract: A drainage pump includes a housing that defines a receiving space configured to receive fluid. The housing defines a suction port configured to introduce fluid into the receiving space, and a first discharge port and a second discharge port that are configured to discharge the fluid in the receiving space to an outside of the housing. The drainage pump further includes an impeller disposed in the receiving space and configured to rotate about a rotation axis to thereby discharge the fluid in the receiving space through the first discharge port or the second discharge port; a first rib that protrudes from an inner circumferential surface of the housing toward a center of the receiving space and that is disposed between the first discharge port and the second discharge port; and a second rib that protrudes from a portion of the first rib toward the center of the receiving space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sanghoon Seo, Daejin Kim, Minhyeok Park, Jinsub Lim, Moonsik Choi
  • Patent number: 11374713
    Abstract: A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, includes receiving a sounding reference signal (SRS) configuration via a radio resource control (RRC) signaling, the SRS configuration indicating a subframe configured for SRS transmission, wherein the SRS configuration includes an indicator indicating whether an aperiodic SRS transmission or a periodic SRS transmission is performed in the subframe configured for SRS transmission; based on the indicator indicating that the aperiodic SRS transmission is performed, receiving request information for requesting a transmission of an SRS and aperiodically transmitting the SRS in the configured subframe; and based on the indicator indicating that the periodic SRS transmission is performed, periodically transmitting the SRS in the configured subframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Han Byul Seo, Byoung Hoon Kim, Ki Jun Kim, Hak Seong Kim
  • Patent number: 11375528
    Abstract: In a wireless communication system, a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) is encoded based on a Polar code and then is transmitted. Half-frame information within the PBCH is mapped to a bit position 247 among bit positions of the Polar code and synchronization signal and PBCH block (SSB) index information within the PBCH is mapped to bit positions 253, 254, and 255 of the Polar code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kwangseok Noh, Bonghoe Kim, Jongwoong Shin, Hyunsoo Ko, Dongkyu Kim
  • Patent number: 11369245
    Abstract: Provided is a vacuum cleaner. The vacuum cleaner includes a cleaner body including a moving device for moving, a suction device connected to the cleaner body to suction dusts and air and guide the suctioned dusts and air to the cleaner body, the suction device including a handle, a detection device for detecting a distance between the handle and the cleaner body, and a controller determining whether movement of cleaner body is necessary on the basis of the distance between the cleaner body and the handle, the controller controlling the moving device when the movement of the cleaner body is necessary. The controller controls the moving device to allow the cleaner body to avoid an obstacle when it is determined that an operation for avoiding the obstacle is necessary while the moving device operates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seongwoo Kim, Hansu Jung, Chungill Lee