Patents Assigned to Electronics, Inc.
  • Patent number: 12170922
    Abstract: The present specification provides an error detection method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: determining whether a minimum slot offset from a base station has been detected, wherein the minimum slot offset is a slot offset associated with an expectation that the terminal should receive a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) on the basis of at least one slot offset having a value equal to or greater than that of the minimum slot offset; detecting an error relating to detection of the minimum slot offset; and performing a fallback operation on the basis of the error detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Inkwon Seo, Sukhyon Yoon, Joonkui Ahn, Changhwan Park, Seonwook Kim
  • Patent number: 12169088
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes: a storage chamber; a cooler to cool the storage chamber; a first tray assembly and a second tray assembly configured to define an ice making cell; a heater disposed adjacent to at least one of the first tray assembly or the second tray assembly; and a controller configured to control the heater, wherein the controller controls the heater to be turned on to make transparent ice from water within the ice making cell, and the controller controls the heater so that when a heat transfer amount between the storage chamber and the water of the ice making cell increases, the heating amount of the heater increases, and when the heat transfer amount between the storage chamber and the water of the ice making cell decreases, the heating amount of the heater decreases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Donghoon Lee, Wookyong Lee, Seungseob Yeom, Donghoon Lee, Yongjun Bae, Sunggyun Son, Chongyoung Park
  • Patent number: 12169096
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet including a storage space, a drawer door located in the storage space, the drawer door including a door part and a drawer part connected to the door part, a control panel located on an upper surface of the door part, the control panel being configured to display or manipulate a setting of the storage space, and an electric wire guide module connected to the cabinet and a rear surface of the door part to connect an electric wire in the cabinet to the control panel. The electric wire guide module includes a mounting plate, a rotation connection member rotatably mounted to the mounting plate, a guide head coupled to the rear surface of the door part, and at least one connecting member connecting the rotation connection member and the guide head, the electric wire extending through the at least one connecting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yongrak Jung, Kihyun Park, Seongjin Na
  • Patent number: 12168848
    Abstract: A washing machine includes: a frame, a drum receiving laundry, a washing chamber including (i) a first housing defining an opening and a space into which the drum is inserted, (ii) a barrier surrounding the opening and coupled to the first housing, and (iii) a second housing surrounding a first surface of the barrier and coupled to the first housing, a storage tank receiving carbon dioxide to be supplied to the drum, a distillation chamber separating contaminants dissolved in liquid carbon dioxide, an electronic unit, and a configuration unit. The configuration unit includes a pipe moving the carbon dioxide, a first compressor and a second compressor compressing the carbon dioxide discharged after washing is completed in the drum and moving the compressed carbon dioxide into the storage tank, and an oil separator separating oil from the carbon dioxide compressed in the first compressor and the second compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jungsik Park, Yanggyu Kim, Ilyoung Park, Sanghyun Joo, Jangseok Lee
  • Patent number: 12171034
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present specification, an STA may be connected to a primary AP and a secondary AP simultaneously. The STA may acquire control information related to whether the secondary AP can acquire a transmission/reception signal of the primary AP. Thereafter, the STA may transmit a UL signal to the primary AP. The STA may transmit, on the basis of whether the secondary AP can acquire the transmission/reception signal of the primary AP, a block acknowledgement request (BAR) signal for a UL signal to the secondary AP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Suhwook Kim, Jeongki Kim, Kiseon Ryu, Sungjin Park, Jinsoo Choi
  • Patent number: 12170449
    Abstract: A wireless power transmitting device according to an embodiment of the present specification relates to a wireless power transmitting device for transmitting wireless power to a wireless power receiving device, and comprises: a power conversion circuit including a primary coil for transmitting the wireless power to the wireless power receiving device; and a communication/control circuit for communicating with the wireless power receiving device and controlling the power conversion circuit, wherein, before transmitting the wireless power to the wireless power receiving device, the communication/control circuit temporarily applies driving power to the primary coil and then stops the transmission of the driving power, and obtains a quality factor on the basis of a change in the voltage or current of the primary coil during a period of time in which the transmission of the driving power is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyoungseok Kim, Jaeyeol Kim, Seonghun Lee, Gyunghwan Yook, Hongkwon Kim
  • Patent number: 12167821
    Abstract: A dishwasher includes an additional function module that is disposed at and fixed to a front upper frame reinforcing the upper side of an open front surface of a tub, without a fixing frame exclusive for the function module, thereby ensuring a simple structure and a reduction in manufacturing costs. A mutual coupling structure is formed between the front upper frame and a front side frame reinforcing the sides of the open front surface of the tub, to readily determine the positions of the front upper frame and the front side frame, thereby ensuring a simple manufacturing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Dong Hwi Park, Kyung Rae Kim, Myungwon Ko
  • Patent number: 12170084
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a control device and a system including the same. The control device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: an external device interface configured to transmit and receive signals to and from a display device; a user input interface configured to receive a user input; an audio output unit including a speaker; and a controller configured to: when a first voice input is received through the user input interface in a standby mode, check a first command corresponding to the first voice input; transmit a signal for activating a function of the display device to the display device through the external device interface when the first command is a command related to image output; and output a response to the first command through the audio output unit when the first command is not the command related to image output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Junghoon Yoon
  • Patent number: 12170998
    Abstract: Provided are a method for performing wireless communication by a first device, and an apparatus for supporting same. The method may comprise: starting a timer for an active time; receiving, from a second device through a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) based on a first sidelink (SL) resource, a first sidelink control information (SCI) including information related to a time domain of a second SL resource and information related to a frequency domain of the second SL resource; receiving, from the second device through a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) related to the PSCCH based on the first SL resource, a second SCI and data; determining a value of a SL discontinuous reception (DRX) hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) round trip time (RTT) timer, based on a time interval between the first SL resource and the second SL resource; and starting the SL DRX HARQ RTT timer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Giwon Park, Seungmin Lee, Seoyoung Back, Jongwoo Hong
  • Patent number: 12169988
    Abstract: A modular control apparatus for a vehicle comprises: a base block mounted on the vehicle to provide an interface with apparatuses within the vehicle; and an upgrade block detachably mounted on the base block. The base block detects whether or not the upgrade block is valid. The upgrade block includes a checking circuit for physically detecting whether or not the upgrade block is a valid upgrade block. The upgrade block periodically transmits a checking message indicating whether or not the upgrade block is the valid upgrade block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Bumho Park, Kyounghwa Kim
  • Patent number: 12170777
    Abstract: A video decoding method performed by a decoding device according to the present document is characterized by comprising: a step for acquiring information for a chroma quantization parameter (QP) offset for the current picture; and a step for acquiring chroma QP offset index information for a current chroma block in the current picture, wherein the information for the chroma QP offset includes chroma QP offset list length information, information for a chroma QP offset list is acquired on the basis of the chroma QP offset list length information, and the chroma QP offset index information is acquired on the basis of the chroma QP offset list length information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hendry Hendry, Jie Zhao, Seunghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 12170929
    Abstract: A disclosure according to the present specification provides a method of having an access by a terminal subscribing to a first public land mobile network (PLMN). The method may comprise a step of transmitting a first request message to a network node via a base station. The base station may be a base station of a second PLMN that broadcasts system information including information about the first PLMN. The method may comprise a step of receiving, from the network node, a first response message that is a response to the first request message. The first response message may include information indicating that there is a service failure in the first PLMN. The method may comprise a step of transmitting a second request message to the second PLMN or reselecting another PLMN instead of the first PLMN, which has a service failure, on the basis of the first response message including the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyunsook Kim, Sungduck Chun, Laeyoung Kim, Sangmin Park, Myungjune Youn
  • Patent number: 12169129
    Abstract: A route provision apparatus for providing a route to a vehicle including a transceiver; a sensor interface configured to receive sensing information from one or more sensors; and a processor configured to identify a lane of the vehicle, estimate, using map information received from a navigation system and not from the server based on a communication state with the server satisfying a preset condition, an optimal route for the vehicle in lane units, generate autonomous driving visibility information by fusing the sensing information with the optimal route, and fuse dynamic information related to a movable object with the autonomous driving visibility information to update the optimal path based on the dynamic information, and wherein the sensing information is fused with the map information to generate a Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jinsang Lee, Seunghwan Bang
  • Patent number: 12169089
    Abstract: A method for controlling a refrigerator, includes turning off a cold air transmission unit as a temperature of a storage compartment becomes equal to or less than a second reference temperature while a cold air generator is operated, turning on the cold air transmission unit, upon determining that the temperature of the storage compartment is equal to or greater than a first reference temperature which is greater than the second reference temperature, and calculating, by a controller, an operating ratio of the cold air transmission unit based on ON and OFF time of the cold air transmission unit, determining an output of the cold air transmission unit based on the operating ratio of the cold air transmission unit, and operating the cold air transmission unit with the determined output, upon determining that the temperature of the storage compartment is equal to or less than the second reference temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sungwook Kim, Sangbok Choi, Namsoo Cho
  • Patent number: 12168125
    Abstract: The present embodiment comprises: an ultrasonic transducer for generating ultrasonic waves; an inner electrode having a space in which the ultrasonic transducer is accommodated; a window disposed outside the outer periphery of the inner electrode; an LED PCB disposed at the rear of the window and having an LED disposed thereon; and an outer electrode spaced apart from the inner electrode on the window, wherein the inner electrode comprises: a front body having the ultrasonic transducer disposed on the rear surface thereof; and a hollow body protruding backward from the outer periphery of the front body and having a space formed therein, wherein an inner waterproofing ring is disposed between the hollow body and the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Woohyun Kim, Hyoungjun Kim, Yonggeun Jin
  • Patent number: 12168847
    Abstract: A clothes treatment apparatus directly heats a drum accommodating clothes. The clothes treatment apparatus includes: a tub; a drum, made of a metal, which accommodates clothes and is rotatably provided inside the tub; and an induction module, provided in the tub so as to have a spacing from a circumferential surface of the drum, for generating an electromagnetic field to heat the circumferential surface of the drum. The induction module includes: a coil which is formed by winding a wire such that electric current is applied thereto to generate a magnetic field; and a base housing mounted on an outer circumferential surface of the tub, wherein the base housing is provided with a coil slot for defining the shape of the coil in such a manner that the wire is mounted therein so as to have a predetermined distance between wire and wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Beomjun Kim, Woore Kim, Bio Park, Seulgi Park, Jaehyuk Jang, Sangwook Hong, Changoh Kim, Hyunwoo Noh
  • Patent number: 12171052
    Abstract: An oven includes: a body part defining an inner space that has an opening in one direction, a front plate disposed along a circumference of the opening of the body part and extending in a direction intersecting with the one direction, and a door part configured to contact the front plate to cover the inner space. The door part includes a door plate configured to overlap with the inner space and the front plate in the one direction and providing a protrusion that protrudes from a central portion thereof toward the inner space, a first choke provided in an annular shape along a circumference of the protrusion, and a second choke disposed outside the first choke, provided in an annular shape along a circumference of the first choke, and configured to overlap with the front plate in the one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Junghyeong Ha, Sunghun Sim, Yunbyung Chae
  • Patent number: 12169091
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator and control method for refrigerator and method for opening a refrigerator door. While a user is holding an object in both hands, a door may be automatically and additionally opened using another part of a body other than hands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Minsub Kim, Hongsik Kwon, Dongjeong Kim, Jungjae Lee, Jaehoon Shin
  • Patent number: 12171004
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of performing measurement by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. In particular, the method includes the steps of: when an uplink data transmission occurs in a measurement gap, determining a starting point of a temporary measurement gap based on a completion time of the uplink data transmission; transmitting information about the temporary measurement gap including the starting point of the temporary measurement gap; transmitting an uplink data during the measurement gap; and performing measurements during the temporary measurement gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Eunjong Lee, Sunghoon Jung, Jayeong Kim
  • Patent number: D1054392
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yongseok Kim, Jiwon Park