Patents Assigned to Electronics, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11357086
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method for the calibration of LED light sources and more specifically backlight LEDs of control device buttons to achieve color uniformity and to accurately create colors that are consistent from button to button and device to device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Crestron Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin M. Slivka, Dennis J. Hromin
  • Patent number: 11353226
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes: an indoor unit including a blowing unit to discharge air; an outdoor unit supplying compressed refrigerant to the indoor unit, to exchange heat with the air before discharge. The air conditioner also includes at least one computer memory operably connectable to at least one processor and storing instructions that, when executed, perform operations that include: generating at least one parameter in a first operation mode, which is operated only within a preset time range; controlling, based on an operation mode information, at least one of (i) the blowing unit to change a wind direction and an air volume, or (ii) the outdoor unit; and switching to a second operation mode after a time period of operation in the first operation mode. The operation mode information includes at least one result factor obtained from at least one machine-learning network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yun Sik Park, Young Tag Kwon, Dongwoo Han
  • Patent number: 11356998
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system and, specifically, to a method comprising the steps of: repeatedly transmitting a PUSCH; and repeatedly receiving the PDSCH in a DL duration immediately following after repeated transmission of the PDSCH, wherein when a terminal operates in an in-band mode, each PDSCH is received from an OFDM symbol subsequent to a k-th OFDM symbol in each corresponding time unit within the DL duration (k>1), and in the case where the terminal operates in a guard-band mode or a stand-alone mode, signal reception is skipped at a starting portion of the DL duration when the PDSCH is repeatedly received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Changhwan Park, Seokmin Shin, Joonkui Ahn, Suckchel Yang, Seunggye Hwang
  • Patent number: 11353027
    Abstract: A compressor includes a casing configured to accommodate refrigerant and oil, a discharger disposed at a side of the casing and configured to discharge the refrigerant, a driver including a stator and a rotor, a rotation shaft that is coupled to the rotor and that extends in a direction away from the discharger, a compressing assembly that is coupled to the rotation shaft, that is configured to be lubricated with the oil, and that is configured to compress the refrigerant and discharge the compressed refrigerant in the direction away from the discharger, a muffler coupled to the compressing assembly and configured to guide the refrigerant to the discharger, and a bypassing portion disposed outside the casing and configured to transfer the refrigerant or the oil from the muffler to the discharger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Taekyoung Kim, Kangwook Lee, Cheolhwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11352736
    Abstract: A laundry processing apparatus include a washing unit provided in an installation space of a cabinet, which corresponds to an upper portion of a heat exchanger and has the installation space therein, to spray washing water to a front surface of an evaporator. The washing unit has a nozzle part provided at the upper portion of the heat exchanger in an inclined direction to guide the washing water toward the heat exchanger and a front guide part provided at an opposite side of the nozzle part while being space apart therefrom, with the front surface of the evaporator that is the heat exchanger interposed between the front guide part, guiding the washing water discharged from the nozzle part toward the front surface of the evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Bae Yee Seok, Cheolu Choi, Hyun Sang Cho
  • Patent number: 11356224
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method of decoding, by a user equipment, a downlink signal in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: receiving rate matching pattern information indicating a rate matching resource having a repetition period from a base station; and decoding a downlink shared channel using the rate matching pattern information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kunil Yum, Jiwon Kang, Kijun Kim, Hyungtae Kim, Jonghyun Park
  • Patent number: 11356893
    Abstract: A method for transmitting, by user equipment, a PDU session establishment request includes: receiving a session management message based on an SSC mode from an SMF through an AMF in a state in which a back-off timer associated with a DNN-based congestion control is in operation, wherein the session management message is associated with a DNN to which the DNN based congestion control is applied; and transmitting a PDU session establishment request to the AMF for establishment of a new PDU session associated with the DNN on the basis of the session management message. The PDU session establishment request includes information for preventing rejection of the PDU session establishment request, and the information for preventing the rejection may be used to make the AMF ignore the DNN-based congestion control and transmit the PDU session establishment request to the SMF associated with the new PDU session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Myungjune Youn, Laeyoung Kim, Taehun Kim, Jinsook Ryu, Sangmin Park
  • Patent number: 11357001
    Abstract: A method of transmitting a frame by a station (STA) in a wireless LAN system supporting an HE PPDU (high efficiency physical layer protocol data unit) according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: setting a first duration field included in an HE-SIG A field; and transmitting a frame including the HE-SIG A field and a MAC header, wherein the first duration field is set to indicate a TXOP (transmission opportunity) value using a smaller number of bits than a second duration field included in the MAC header, and a granularity of a time unit used for indicating the TXOP value in the first duration field is set to be different from a granularity of a time unit used in the second duration field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jeongki Kim, Kiseon Ryu, Jinsoo Choi, Hangyu Cho
  • Patent number: 11352595
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a fermentation tank assembly including a fermentation tank having an opening formed therein and a fermentation tank cover configured to open and close the opening. The apparatus also includes an ingredient receiving portion configured to receive, through the opening of the fermentation tank, fermentation ingredients; a gas extraction flow path connected to the fermentation tank; a gas release valve disposed in the gas extraction flow path and configured to discharge gas from the fermentation tank; and a pressure sensor disposed on at least one of the gas extraction flow path or the fermentation tank cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Chungook Chong, Heeyeon Kim, Sunyoung Park
  • Patent number: 11353253
    Abstract: An ice maker includes: an upper assembly comprising a plurality of upper chambers recessed upward to define an upper portion of an ice chamber in which water is filled and ice is made, and having an intake opening by being open on a top, and a vertical extension part formed to protrude upward around the intake opening; a lower assembly comprising a plurality of lower chambers recessed downward to define a lower portion of the ice chamber, and rotatably connected to the upper assembly; and a water supply part that is recessed downward from an upper side of the water supply part and configured to receive therein water for making ice, the water supply part being removably coupled to the vertical extension part and configured to guide the received water into the intake opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yonghyun Kim, Jinil Hong, Seunggeun Lee, Seungjin Choi
  • Patent number: 11356915
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for transmitting/receiving an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) voice support-related signal by a next generation-radio access network (NG-RAN) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, by the NG-RAN, a request associated with a UE capability for IMS voice from an AMF; checking, by the NG-RAN, whether the UE capability matches network configurations; and transmitting, by the NG-RAN, a response including the result of the check to the AMF, wherein the network configurations include a network configuration for the NG-RAN and a network configuration for a network node which enables IMS voice even when the NG-RAN does not support IMS voice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Laeyoung Kim
  • Patent number: 11352727
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a twin laundry machine, more particularly, to a twin laundry machine configured to control mutual motor operations of one or more laundry machines provided therein not to be overlapped with each other, in case the one or more laundry machines are put into operation to perform washing. The present disclosure also relates to a twin laundry machine of which a motor for driving a drum has an improved heat radiation function, more particularly, to a twin laundry machine which includes a sub-washing machine with a smaller size than a normal washing machine and frequent exposure to high temperature usage environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyeokdeok Kim, Byunghwan Ahn, Kuyoung Son, Yonggyung Bae
  • Patent number: 11344696
    Abstract: A hub of intelligent Internet of Things (IoT) for performing a light therapy using light irradiated by a light output device. The hub of intelligent IoT includes a sleep disorder reading unit determining whether a sleep disorder has occurred based on sleep pattern information; a control signal generator generating a control signal for controlling the light output device when it is determined that the sleep disorder has occurred; and a communication interface unit providing the control signal to the light output device. At least one device implementing the method of providing the intelligent voice recognition model may be associated with an artificial intelligence module, a unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, devices related to 5G services, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Byunghun Choi, Boemoh Kim
  • Patent number: 11347037
    Abstract: A luminous flux collector comprises a housing, a wide-angle light capturing device and an optical collimating device, arranged around a longitudinal axis. The housing surrounds and protects the wide-angle light capturing device and the optical collimating device. The housing also provides structural support to hold the other elements in position. The wide-angle light capturing device can include a receptacle for receiving a light source, and the wide-angle light capturing device collects light with a spread angle of at least 120 degrees from the light source. The wide-angle light capturing device is disposed within a proximal end of the housing along the longitudinal axis. The optical collimating device extends from the wide-angle light capturing device to a distal end of the housing along the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Methode Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik Lee Measel, Hamed Karimi Sharif, Nicholas Stephen Downes
  • Patent number: 11350475
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for handling a protocol data unit (PDU) session by a wireless device implementing an access stratum (AS) layer and a non-access stratum (NAS) layer in a wireless communication system. An example technique includes determining, by the AS layer of the wireless device, whether a user plane for the PDU session is activated or released; transferring, by the AS layer and to the NAS layer of the wireless device based on a determination that the user plane for the PDU session is activated, first information indicating that the user plane for the PDU session is activated; and transferring, by the AS layer and to the NAS layer of the wireless device based on a determination that the user plane for the PDU session is released, second information indicating that the user plane for the PDU session is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Myungjune Youn, Laeyoung Kim, Jaehyun Kim, Hyunsook Kim, Sangmin Park
  • Patent number: 11345339
    Abstract: A vehicle driving assistance apparatus includes a sensing unit for sensing an object outside the vehicle and a processor for obtaining surrounding situation information, based on a location of the object outside the vehicle. The processor is further configured to determine whether the object approaches the vehicle from a traveling lane or a lateral lane, based on the determination of whether the object approaches the vehicle from a traveling lane or a lateral lane, to generate a control signal, and to provide the control signal to a vehicle control system of the vehicle. The generated control signal can control at least one of a drive apparatus of the vehicle, a steering apparatus of the vehicle, or a brake apparatus of the vehicle to either avoid collision between the vehicle and the object or to perform an action that reduces an impulse on the vehicle from the collision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyeonju Bae, Jeongsu Kim, Jinkyo Lee
  • Patent number: 11350398
    Abstract: A method of receiving a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system includes receiving first information about a PDSCH time-domain resource assignment table including a plurality of candidate PDSCH time-domain resource assignment information, receiving second information about a minimum offset value for an interval between a slot in which a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is received and a slot to which a PDSCH is allocated, and receiving the PDSCH based on candidate PDSCH time-domain resource assignment information including an offset value equal to or larger than the minimum offset value among the candidate PDSCH time-domain resource assignment information. The PDSCH is received based on one of the candidate PDSCH time-domain resource assignment information irrespective of the minimum offset value, based on a PDCCH for scheduling the PDSCH, being related to system information (SI), a random access response (RAR), or paging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Daesung Hwang, Inkwon Seo, Yunjung Yi
  • Patent number: 11346351
    Abstract: A motor includes a bearing having a rolling member disposed between an inner ring and an outer ring, a spring connected to the outer ring, and a pusher connected to the spring and configured to move to a first position spaced apart from the inner ring by the spring. The pusher is further configured to move to a second position at which friction with the inner ring is caused by a pressure of air. The inner ring is spaced apart from the rotating shaft by a gap between the inner ring and the rotating shaft when the pusher is at the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Changlae Kim, Sunggi Kim, Byungjik Kim, Taeho Kim
  • Patent number: 11350101
    Abstract: An image decoding method performed by a decoding device, according to the present document, comprises the steps of: receiving a bitstream including residual information of a current block; deriving a specific number of context-encoding bins for context syntax elements for a current sub-block of the current block; decoding the context syntax elements for the current sub-block included in the residual information on the basis of the specific number; deriving transform coefficients for the current sub-block on the basis of the decoded context syntax elements; deriving residual samples for the current block on the basis of the transform coefficients; and generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the residual samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jungah Choi, Jaehyun Lim, Jin Heo, Sunmi Yoo, Ling Li, Jangwon Choi, Seunghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11350090
    Abstract: A deblocking filtering method, a boundary strength (bS) deriving method, and encoding/decoding method and apparatus using the methods are provided. The bS deriving method includes the steps of: deriving a boundary of a deblocking filtering unit block which is a unit block on which deblocking filtering is performed; and setting a bS for each bS setting unit block in the deblocking filtering unit block. Here, the step of setting the bS includes setting a bS value of a target boundary corresponding to the boundary of the deblocking filtering unit block as the bS setting unit block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seungwook Park, Jaehyun Lim, Yongjoon Jeon, Chulkeun Kim, Jungsun Kim, Naeri Park, Hendry Hendry, Byeongmoon Jeon, Joonyoung Park