Abstract: Disclosed is a laundry treating apparatus. The laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet having a rear plate at a rear surface thereof, a drum having a drum rear surface facing the rear plate, and a driving part positioned at the rear of the rear plate, the rear plate includes a driving part mounting portion to be coupled with the driving part, and an air flow portion surrounding the driving part mounting portion and providing air to the drum, the drum rear surface includes a rear surface central portion facing the driving part mounting portion, and an air passage surrounding the rear surface central portion and passing air provided from the air flow portion therethrough to be supplied into the drum, the air flow portion includes a flow space allowing air to flow therein and having an open front surface, and the air passage protrudes rearward from the drum rear surface and shields the open front surface of the air flow portion.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 25, 2022
Date of Patent:
October 1, 2024
Assignee:
LG Electronics Inc.
Inventors:
Juhan Yoon, Jongmin Lee, Jinwoo Bae, Manseok Lee
Abstract: A gesture detection system is disclosed. The gesture detection system includes a gesture detection sensor including a base sheet formed of a skin-conformable material, to be tightly attached to a skin, a sensing part formed at the base sheet, to measure deformation of the skin, and an electrode pattern formed at the base sheet and connected, at one end thereof, to the sensing part, to transmit an electrical signal varying in accordance with the deformation of the skin, a reader module connected to the gesture detection sensor, to read the electrical signal, and a computing device configured to receive the electrical signal from the reader module, thereby recognizing a gesture of the user. Through disposable use of the gesture detection sensor and multiple use of the reader module and the computing device, a hygienic gesture input environment may be provided to a plurality of users at low cost.
Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electronic device may include: a touch-sensitive display; a processor operatively connected to the display; and a memory operatively connected to the processor, wherein the memory may store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to: control the display to provide a right setup screen that enables a user to select data which an application is allowed to access among data stored in the memory, receive a read request for the data stored in the memory from the application, select data to be provided to the application among the data stored in the memory based on an access right policy established using the right setup screen, and provide the selected data to the application in response to the read request.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 7, 2022
Date of Patent:
October 1, 2024
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Dongwook Seo, Moonkyung Kim, Myeongjin Oh, Seyeong Lee, Yeongsu Lee, Yeonggeun Choe
Abstract: According to an embodiment of this disclosure, an electronic device comprises: a housing including a non-conductive portion; an antenna structure arranged in the housing, wherein the antenna structure includes: a substrate including a first substrate surface facing a first direction and a second substrate surface facing opposite the first substrate surface; and at least one antenna element arranged on the substrate to form a beam pattern in the first direction; a conductive member including a plurality of first slits arranged in an inner space of the housing to at least partially face the second substrate surface and formed at a position where the plurality of first slits at least partially overlap the at least one antenna element when the first substrate surface is viewed from above; and a wireless communication circuit configured to transmit or receive a wireless signal in a predetermined frequency band through the at least one antenna element.
Abstract: Augmented reality glasses include a left eye lens part and a right eye lens part, each of the left eye lens part and the right eye lens part having a display area configured to display an augmented reality image, and a tracking area surrounding the display area, the tracking area including a plurality of light emission parts configured to emit light having a wavelength in an infrared band, and a frame including a left eye lens support area, a right eye lens support area, and a nose bridge connecting the left lens support area and the right lens support area, the left eye lens support area supporting the left eye lens part, and the right eye lens support area supporting the right eye lens part.
Abstract: An electronic system includes: a host; and a storage device configured to exchange data with the host using an interface protocol. The host provides a fault insertion command, including a fault type, a target location, and a fault condition, to the storage device, based on the interface protocol. The storage device performs a fault detection operation, selected based on the fault type among an assert code execution operation, a memory polling operation, an interrupt polling operation, and a latency detection operation, on the target location in response to the fault insertion command, and stores a snapshot of the storage device when the fault condition is detected as a result of performing the fault detection operation. The host obtains the stored snapshot using the interface protocol, and debugs the storage device using the obtained snapshot.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 21, 2022
Date of Patent:
October 1, 2024
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Junyong Uhm, Eunjoo Oh, Junggyu Kim, Jaesub Kim, Yangwoo Roh, Jeongbeom Seo, Jaewon Song
Abstract: According to one embodiment, a solid-state imaging unit includes a plurality of pixels arranged along a first direction. The pixels each include a photoelectric conversion unit and a filter on the photoelectric conversion unit. The filer has a planar shape corresponding to a planar shape of the photoelectric conversion unit. The filter has a width in the first direction is different from a width of the filter in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.
Abstract: A memory device includes a clock receiver configured to receive, from a memory controller, a write clock that is used to receive write data during a data write operation, a duty monitor configured to generate first monitoring information by monitoring a duty of the write clock, and a duty adjuster configured to adjust the duty of the write clock in response to a duty control signal and output an adjusted write clock. The memory device provides the first monitoring information to the memory controller, and receives the duty control signal, generated using the first monitoring information, from the memory controller.
Abstract: An electromechanical logic-in-memory device includes a switching unit including a first electrode having a conductive beam and second and third electrodes disposed on both sides of the conductive beam and attracting the conductive beam by electrostatic force, based on an operating voltage applied between the second and third electrodes and the conductive beam, the conductive beam, after being attracted by and adhered to the second or third electrode, maintained to be adhered even when the electrostatic force is removed and a controller determining an operation mode according to types of logic operations included in input data, setting an initial position of the conductive beam by applying the operating voltage to any one of the second and third electrodes, selecting at least one of the first to third electrodes, and applying a predetermined voltage as a true value of a logic value included in the input data.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 13, 2022
Date of Patent:
October 1, 2024
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Junbo Yoon, Yongbok Lee, Suhyun Kim, Taesoo Kim, Pankyu Choi
Abstract: A sound receiving device and a control method of the sound receiving device are described. The sound receiving device includes a microphone apparatus, an object detection apparatus, and a processor. The microphone apparatus provides an audio signal. The object detection apparatus detects position information of at least one object. The processor is coupled to the microphone apparatus and the object detection apparatus. The processor determines position information of a sound source according to the audio signal and the position information of the at least one object, and adjusts each microphone gain in the microphone apparatus to receive sound from the sound source.
Abstract: A semiconductor memory device including: a common source line; a substrate on the common source line; a plurality of gate electrodes arranged on the substrate and spaced apart from each other in a first direction perpendicular to a top surface of the common source line; a plurality of insulation films arranged among the plurality of gate electrodes; a plurality of channel structures penetrating through the plurality of gate electrodes and the plurality of insulation films in the first direction; and a plurality of residual sacrificial films arranged on the substrate and spaced apart from each other in the first direction, wherein the plurality of gate electrodes are disposed on opposite sides of the plurality of residual sacrificial films.
Abstract: An embodiment vibration motor assembly of a seat includes a vibration motor and an upper housing disposed around the vibration motor to hold and fix the vibration motor, the upper housing configured to be fixed to a pad of the seat, and the upper housing including a holding part disposed at a circumference of a front surface of the upper housing to hold a circumference of the vibration motor and a fixing part protruding from a rear surface of the upper housing to cover and fix a rear surface of the vibration motor.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 7, 2022
Date of Patent:
October 1, 2024
Assignees:
Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hyundai Transys Inc., Jahwa Electronics Co., Ltd.
Abstract: A series elastic actuator includes a gear configured to rotate, a mounting recess formed on a first surface of the gear, a plurality of elastic bodies configured to be received in the mounting recess that are made of a non-metal elastic material and spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction, an output body configured to cover the first surface of the gear, and at least one insertion portion configured to protrude from the output body to be inserted between a pair of adjacent elastic bodies or inserted through the elastic bodies.
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present disclosure discloses a method and apparatus for coverage enhancement for physical downlink control channel in a wireless communication system.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 8, 2023
Date of Patent:
October 1, 2024
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Taehyoung Kim, Jinkyu Kang, Youngbum Kim, Hoondong Noh, Seunghoon Choi
Abstract: An N+ layer 11a and N+ layers 13a to 13d that are disposed on both ends of Si pillars 12a to 12d standing on a substrate 10 in a vertical direction, a TiN layer 18a that surrounds a gate HfO2 layer 17a surrounding the Si pillars 12a to 12d and that extends between the Si pillars 12a and 12b, a TiN layer 18b that surrounds the gate HfO2 layer 17a and that extends between the Si pillars 12c and 12d, a TiN layer 26a that surrounds a gate HfO2 layer 17b surrounding the Si pillars 12a to 12d and that extends between the Si pillars 12a and 12b, and a TiN layer 26b that surrounds the gate HfO2 layer 17b and that extends between the Si pillars 12c and 12d are formed.