Patents Assigned to Electronics, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8488901
    Abstract: A video input signal is analyzed to detect image content and image properties, wherein detecting the image content includes automatically deriving image features. A content group is determined for the video input signal based on the detected image content, the content group including predefined image properties. The image properties of the video input signal are adjusted based on a difference between the detected image properties and the predefined image properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Berestov, Chuen-Chien Lee
  • Publication number: 20130176995
    Abstract: Provided are a method and device for allocating wireless resources in a wireless communication system. The wireless resource allocating method comprises allocating a machine type communication (MTC)-dedicated wireless resource and a general wireless resource, and communicating with at least one MTC device through the MTC-dedicated wireless resource. Herein, the MTC-dedicated wireless resource supports only the communication with the at least one MTC device, and the MTC-dedicated wireless resource and the general wireless resource may be different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kyu Jin Park, Han Gyu Cho, Dong Guk Lim
  • Publication number: 20130176116
    Abstract: A mobile terminal is disclosed. The mobile terminal can transmit/receive information or a signal to/from a cooking apparatus, improve user convenience, remotely monitor a state of the cooking apparatus, and receive a control command with respect to the cooking apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: LG Electronics Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130176883
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for deciding a location of a terminal in a wireless communication system, and provides the method for deciding the location comprising the following steps: receiving reference signals from a plurality of base stations; and transmitting reference signal time difference (RSTD) which is received from the plurality of base stations, wherein the reference signal is mapped according to a predetermined pattern inside a subframe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2011
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seunghee Han, Jaehoon Chung
  • Publication number: 20130177093
    Abstract: An apparatus for receiving signals includes a receiver for receiving a time domain signal from a transmitter, wherein at least one first information bit is mapped, resulting in at least one first mapped symbol; at least one second information bit is mapped, resulting in at least one second mapped symbol; the at least one second mapped symbol is multiplied by at least one third information bit; and the time domain signal is generated from the at least one first mapped symbol and the at least one second mapped symbol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: LG Electronics Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130177285
    Abstract: A rack cabling system including a rack having mounted thereon a first hardware component and a patch panel housing mounted on the rack adjacent the first hardware component. The patch panel housing populates no more than a three rack unit (RU space), the patch panel housing including a first end having cable pathway openings and a second end having connector elements mounted therein. The patch panel may have a first cable pathway opening located adjacent the first side of the housing and defining a primary position and a first connector element mounted on the second end and the first connector element having a first position corresponding to the primary position of the first cable pathway opening. Cable harnesses are routed with less than three bends of the cables between the first hardware component and the patch panel housing, so that the first cable harness is terminated at the first connector element in the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: Methode Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Methode Electronics, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130174598
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a storage space, a heat exchange chamber defined in a side of the cabinet to receive an evaporator, an ice making compartment defined in at least one region of the storage space to define an insulation space for making ices; and a cool air duct connecting the heat exchange chamber to the ice making compartment to provide a passage for guiding a flow of cool air. The cool air duct includes a cover part defining inner and outer appearance of the cool air duct and an insulation part formed of an insulation material, the insulation part being disposed inside the cover part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Kyungho Ha
  • Publication number: 20130179819
    Abstract: A method of controlling a mobile terminal, for diagnosing a home appliance using the mobile terminal is disclosed. The method includes a menu display step of displaying a diagnosis menu for diagnosis of a home appliance on a display, an information receiving step of receiving information about a current state of the home appliance or presence of a problem as an audio signal when the diagnosis menu is selected, the information being diagnosed by the home appliance, a result display step of displaying a diagnosis result of the home appliance on the display, the diagnosis result being obtained based on the information received in the information receiving step, and a solution display step of displaying a solution based on the diagnosis result to suggest a measure to be taken by a user to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: LG Electronics Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130177007
    Abstract: A method of transmitting a White Space Map information in a wireless local area network system (WLAN) is disclosed. A method of transmitting a white space map information from a first station to a second station in a regulatory domain where a licensed device and an unlicensed device are permitted to operate together in a wireless local area network (WLAN) comprises transmitting, from the first station, one of a beacon frame, a probe response frame and a white space map announcement frame comprising a white space map (WSM) element comprising information for first available channels, which are available for the unlicensed device, to the second station, wherein the WSM element comprises a device type field indicating which device type the list of the fist available channels is for.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jihyun Lee, Eunsun Kim, Yongho Seok
  • Patent number: 8483151
    Abstract: A method for performing emergency communication between a mobile station and a base station in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes receiving allocation of a contention-free-based control channel from a base station, and transmitting an emergency service request message through the contention-free-based control channel. The contention-free-based control channel may be one of a channel quality indicator (CQI) channel and an acknowledgement/negative-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) channel. Since the emergency service request message can be transmitted through a contention-free dedicated code and a dedicated region, a procedure is simplified and power resources of the mobile station can be saved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Ae Ran Youn, Yong Ho Kim, Ki Seon Ryu
  • Patent number: 8484683
    Abstract: A digital television (DTV) data stream includes PSIP data including a virtual channel table (VCT) and an event information table (EIT), the EIT including a descriptor including a descriptor tag identifying the descriptor as a genre descriptor, a descriptor length; and at least one category selection code for an associated event in a DTV data stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Mark T. Corl
  • Patent number: 8483242
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing inter-RAT measurement in a dual modem device are disclosed. A method for processing inter-RAT measurement in a dual modem device includes receiving, by a first processor communicating with a first communication network, a measurement control signal including a parameter for signal measurement from the first communication network; transmitting, by the first processor, timing information based on a system frame number (SFN) and a global time to a second processor; acquiring time synchronization for the inter-RAT measurement between the first processor and the second processor on the basis of the system frame number (SFN) and the global time; transmitting the parameter from the first processor to the second processor; and measuring, by the second processor, a signal of a second communication network using the parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Mun Yong Han, Jae Cheon Kim, II Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 8482450
    Abstract: A method for controlling devices connected together, and which includes determining a type of a first device when the first device is connected to a transmitting device, determining what key buttons on a remote controller are needed to operate the determined type of the first device, activating the key buttons on the remote controller that are needed to operate the determined type of the first device, receiving an input signal indicating a selection of at least one key button needed to operate the determined type of the first device, transmitting the received input signal to a second device that is different than the first device, generating, by the second device, a remote control signal corresponding to the received input signal, transmitting, by the second device, the generated remote control signal to the first device, and performing a function on the first device corresponding the input signal indicating the selection of said at least one key button on the remote controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sun Young Choi, Woo Jin Jeong, Man Gu Kwon
  • Patent number: 8483742
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling uplink power in a wireless communication system are disclosed. The uplink power controlling method includes receiving target Signal-to-Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) parameters and an uplink noise and interference level from a base station, determining an uplink power based on a target SINR and an estimated average power level of noise and interference of a user equipment, the target SINR being determined using the target SINR parameters and the estimated average power level of noise and interference of the user equipment being calculated using the uplink noise and interference level, and receiving at least one of selectively transmitted first and second offsets from the base station and adjusting the uplink power based on the received at least one of the first and second offsets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Dong Cheol Kim, Wook Bong Lee, Han Gyu Cho, Jin Sam Kwak, Bin Chul Ihm
  • Patent number: 8483165
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for transmitting a reference signal in a wireless communication system are provided. A first base station maps a first reference signal to a resource region and transmits the first reference signal to a user equipment. A second base station maps a second reference signal to said resource region and transmits the second reference signal to said user equipment. The resource elements, to which the first reference signal and the second reference signal are mapped in the resource region, are determined in accordance with the index on a Latin square matrix occupied by two different elements, respectively, from among N elements constituting the Latin square matrix with a size of N×N.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seung Hee Han, Jae Hoon Chung, Yeong Hyeon Kwon
  • Patent number: 8480440
    Abstract: An advanced modular plug connector assembly incorporating an insert assembly disposed in the rear portion of the connector housing. In one embodiment, the connector has a plurality of ports in multi-row configuration, and the insert assembly includes a substrate adapted to receive one or more electronic components such as choke coils, transformers, or other signal conditioning elements or magnetics. The substrate also interfaces with the conductors of two modular ports of the connector, and is removable from the housing such that an insert assembly of a different electronics or terminal configuration can be substituted therefor. In this fashion, the connector can be configured to a plurality of different standards (e.g., Gigabit Ethernet and 10/100). In yet another embodiment, the connector assembly comprises a plurality of light sources (e.g., LEDs) received within the housing. Methods for manufacturing the aforementioned embodiments are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Pulse Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell Lee Machado, Victor H. Renteria, Thuyen Dinh
  • Patent number: 8481847
    Abstract: A solar cell and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The solar cell includes a substrate of a first conductive type having at least one via hole; an emitter layer only on at least a portion of the via hole and at least one selected from a group consisting of an incident surface and side surfaces of the substrate, the emitter layer having a second conductive type opposite the first conductive type; at least one first electrode on the incident surface, the first electrode being electrically connected to the emitter layer; a second electrode connected to an opposite surface to the incident surface; and at least one first electrode current collector on the opposite surface, the at least one first electrode current collector being insulated from the second electrode and being electrically connected to the at least one first electrode through the via hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jihoon Ko, Juwan Kang, Jonghwan Kim, Daehee Jang
  • Patent number: 8482425
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed comprising: a clothes washing machine (30); a detector (33, 44) attached to the washing machine in a location that receives radio frequency (RF) signals that emanate from an interior (48) of the washing machine; and a warning device (35) that receives a signal from the detector to provide an alert when the detector has detected a RF signal from the interior of the washing machine, wherein the radio frequency signals have a frequency in a band designated for mobile phone (40) signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl J. Lauer, Mark A. Lauer
  • Patent number: 8483161
    Abstract: Methods for transmitting system information, subframe structures, and pilot structures in a wireless access system are disclosed. A method for receiving system information in a wireless access system includes receiving a Network Common Information (NCI) channel including network common system information from a Base Station (BS), receiving a synchronization channel from the BS, for acquiring synchronization with the BS, receiving a Cell Specific Information (CSI) channel including cell specific system information which is specific to the BS from the BS, and decoding the NCI channel and the CSI channel using the synchronization channel. The NCI channel is transmitted over a first frequency channel and the CSI channel is transmitted over a second frequency channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Bin Chul Ihm, Jeong Ki Kim
  • Patent number: RE44382
    Abstract: This invention relates to a character display apparatus and method for a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) player. According to the present invention, it is provided that font data of at least some of multi-languages to be used in multilingual subtitle processing are recorded on certain area(s) of a DVD, the recorded font data are stored in a font memory at initial stage of playback, the stored font data corresponding to a language selected by selection input of a user are then read, characters for subtitle processing of the selected language are displayed. Therefore, the manufacturing cost of DVD players can be reduced due to the reduction of memory capacity requied and DVDs can be maximum efficiently utilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Young-Chul Kim