Patents Assigned to LG Electronics In.
  • Patent number: 11993191
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerating or warming apparatus. The refrigerating or warming apparatus include a cavity of which at least a portion of a wall is provided as a vacuum adiabatic body, a machine room disposed at a side outside the cavity, a compressor accommodated in the machine room to compress a refrigerator, a first heat exchange module accommodated in the machine room to allow the refrigerant to be heat-exchanged, a second heat exchange module accommodated in the cavity to allow the refrigerant to be heat-exchanged, and a machine room cover which covers the machine room to separate a passage and in which an internal air flow and an external air flow have directions opposite to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Wonyeong Jung, Daewoong Kim
  • Patent number: 11993889
    Abstract: Disclosed is a laundry treating apparatus including a detergent storage unit retractable into a cabinet through an opening, wherein detergent is stored in the detergent storage unit; a supply case disposed in the cabinet and receiving the detergent storage unit retracted through the opening; and a dispenser disposed inside the cabinet, and located above the detergent storage unit, wherein the dispenser includes a water supply portion from which water is discharged and drops downwards, wherein the water supply portion includes shower portion for supplying water to a bottom of the supply case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sungwoon Jung, Hunjun Jang
  • Patent number: 11993885
    Abstract: Disclosed are a washing machine capable of preventing the occurrence of an accident related to a child or pet becoming trapped inside a washing tub and a control method thereof. The washing machine according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a sound sensor configured to sense a sound measured at a washing tub, a controller configured to control a door and the washing tub according to a safe mode based on a sound sensed by the sound sensor, and a release signal sensor configured to sense a release signal to switch the door and the washing tub, controlled according to the safe mode by the controller, back to a normal mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Phal Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 11994339
    Abstract: Disclosed is an artificial intelligent refrigerator including a cold-storage chamber; a temperature information receiver for receiving external temperature information of a location in which a purchased item is located; an arrival time information receiver for receiving expected arrival time information to be taken until the item is stored in the cold-storage chamber; and a temperature controller for setting in advance a target cooling temperature of the cold-storage chamber for the item based on an artificial intelligence (AI) processor in which a neural network model is mounted before the item is stored in the cold-storage chamber. Here, the temperature controller inputs the external temperature information and the expected arrival time information to the neural network model to estimate a temperature change of the item and sets in advance a target cooling temperature of the cold-storage chamber based on an estimated temperature change of the item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Yunsik Park
  • Patent number: 11994330
    Abstract: The refrigerator includes: a first tray forming a part of ice-making cells which are where water changes phase into ice due to cold air; a second tray forming the other part of the ice-making cells; and a temperature sensor for sensing the temperature of the water or ice in the ice-making cells, wherein the temperature sensor comes into contact with the first tray and/or the second tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Donghoon Lee, Donghoon Lee, Wookyong Lee, Seungseob Yeom, Yongjun Bae, Sunggyun Son, Chongyoung Park
  • Patent number: 11997265
    Abstract: According to the disclosure of the present document, filter length can be determined on the basis of the distance between block boundaries in a deblocking filtering process, the deblocking filtering can be performed on the basis of the filter length, and thereby, the picture quality of the image/video can be enhanced, and the effects of improved subjective picture quality relative to complexity and simplification of H/W design can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Hyeongmoon Jang
  • Patent number: 11996059
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image display apparatus. An image display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a panel, a plurality of light sources for outputting light to the panel, a plurality of data drivers for outputting data signals to the plurality of light sources, and a plurality of gate drivers for outputting gate signals to the plurality of light sources, and among the plurality of light sources, light sources disposed in a first vertical line and light sources disposed in a second vertical line are connected to a first data line. Accordingly, it is possible to display an image by efficiently using the data drivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Moongu Jung
  • Patent number: 11996022
    Abstract: Disclosed are a first display device including a wireless communication interface configured to communicate with a second display device, a display, and a controller configured to transmit data on specific content to the second display device when a user command corresponding to output of the specific content is received by the second display device through the wireless communication interface, and a second display device including a wireless communication interface configured to communicate with the first display device, a display, and a controller configured to transmit specific content to the display when data on the specific content is received from the first display device through the wireless communication interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seonguk Je, Hyunduk Cho
  • Patent number: 11994331
    Abstract: A refrigerator may include: a first tray forming a part of ice-making cells; a second tray forming the other part of the ice-making cells; a heater for supplying heat to the ice making cells; a cooler for supplying cold to a storage compartment; and a control unit for controlling the heater and the cooler. The operation modes of the refrigerator include a first mode and a second mode. The control unit may control so that either or both of the amounts of cooling by the cooler and the amount of heating by the heater vary in the first mode and the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Donghoon Lee, Wookyong Lee, Chongyoung Park, Donghoon Lee, Seungseob Yeom, Yongjun Bae, Sunggyun Son
  • Patent number: 11996631
    Abstract: An antenna system mounted in a vehicle according to the present invention comprises: a metal plate that forms a part of the exterior of the antenna system and operates as a radiator; a lower substrate disposed on the lower portion of the metal plate; and a first antenna comprising a feeding part disposed on the front surface of the lower substrate and configured to transmit a signal to the metal plate through a metal supporter, and a shorting pin configured to connect the ground of the lower substrate and the metal plate. In addition, the system comprises a second antenna that is disposed in the antenna system and is separately provided from the first antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Changil Kim, Seungwoo Ryu, Joohee Lee
  • Patent number: 11994147
    Abstract: A blower is provided that may include a fan that creates airflow; a lower body forming a lower space therein in which the fan may be disposed, and having at least one suction hole through which air passes; a first upper body positioned above the lower body, and forming a first inner space that communicates with the lower space of the lower body; a second upper body positioned above the lower body, and forming a second inner space that communicates with the lower space of the lower body, the second upper body being spaced apart from the first upper body; and a space formed between the first upper body and the second upper body, and opened in a frontward-rearward direction. The first upper body may include a first slit formed through the first upper body such that air in the first inner space may be discharged into the space, and the second upper body may include a second slit formed through the second upper body such that air in the second inner space may be discharged into the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaehyuk Jung, Kidong Kim, Seokho Choi, Hyungho Park, Hoojin Kim, Haein Jung, Changhoon Lee, Yongmin Kim, Chiyoung Choi
  • Patent number: 11997261
    Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method performed by an image decoding apparatus may comprise determining prediction mode characteristic information based on a color format of a current block, determining a prediction mode type of a lower-layer block split from the current block based on the prediction mode characteristic information, obtaining the lower-layer block by splitting the current block based on the prediction mode type of the lower-layer block, and decoding the lower-layer block based on the prediction mode type of the lower-layer block. The prediction mode type of the lower-layer block comprises a first prediction mode type specifying that both an intra prediction mode and an inter prediction mode are available, a second prediction mode type specifying that only the intra prediction mode is available and a third prediction mode type specifying that only the inter prediction mode is available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Hyeong Moon Jang
  • Patent number: 11996705
    Abstract: A wireless power transmitter according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises a primary coil forming magnetic coupling with a secondary coil provided in a wireless power receiver and transmitting wireless power to the wireless power receiver, wherein the primary coil is formed by spirally winding a plurality of subcoils connected electrically in parallel while keeping the subcoils in contact with each other, and the subcoil is litz wire consisting of several conducting wires packed in a bundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kyunghwan Kim, Jihyun Lee, Bongsik Kwak, Yongcheol Park
  • Patent number: 11997300
    Abstract: An image decoding method is disclosed. The image decoding method includes determining a prediction mode of a current block based on prediction mode information of the current block obtained from a bitstream, obtaining a transform coefficient block of the current block from the bitstream, dequantizing the transform coefficient to generate a dequantized transform coefficient block, determining a transform kernel for the dequantized transform coefficient block, and generating a residual block of the current block by performing inverse transform on the dequantized transform coefficient block using the transform kernel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Hyeong Moon Jang
  • Patent number: 11997223
    Abstract: In a mobile terminal of the present disclosure, the open portion of an extended part is covered when a state is changed to a second state so that the inside of the mobile terminal can be protected, the mobile terminal comprising: a first frame; a second frame moved in a first direction from the first frame so as to change from a first state to the second state a central bracket rotatably coupled to one side of the first frame or the second frame; and a spiral spring having an inner end portion fixed to the central bracket, and an outer end portion fixed to the other side of the first frame or the second frame, wherein the spiral spring is spirally wound in the first state and unwound in the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Insu Song, Taeki Um, Minsoo Kim, Woojin Lee
  • Patent number: 11997315
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present document may comprise the steps of: deriving a first variable indicating whether there is a valid coefficient in a region excluding a DC region from a current block; deriving a second variable indicating whether there is a valid coefficient in a second region excluding a first region formed at the upper left end of the current block; when the first variable indicates that the valid coefficient exists in the region excluding the DC region, and the second variable indicates that the valid coefficient does not exist in the second region, parsing an LFNST index from the bitstream; and applying an LFNST matrix derived on the basis of the LFNST index to transform coefficients in the first region, to derive the modified transform coefficients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Moonmo Koo, Seunghwan Kim, Jaehyun Lim
  • Patent number: 11997281
    Abstract: An image decoding method performed by a decoding device according to the present document is characterized by including the steps of: acquiring chroma quantization parameter data of at least one chroma quantization parameter (QP) mapping table for chroma components; deriving the chroma QP mapping table on the basis of the chroma quantization parameter data; deriving chroma quantization parameters for the chroma components on the basis of the chroma QP mapping table; deriving residual samples for the chroma components on the basis of the chroma quantization parameters; and generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the residual samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seethal Paluri, Seunghwan Kim, Jie Zhao
  • Patent number: 11997035
    Abstract: The present specification proposes a method for transmitting and receiving a plurality of PDCCHs in a wireless communication system, and a device therefor. Specifically, a method performed by a base station comprises: a step for receiving, from a UE, UE capability information indicating the number of beams that can be simultaneously supported; a step for transmitting independent layer joint transmission (ILJT)-related setting information to the UE; and a step for transmitting the plurality of PDCCHs to the UE on the basis of the ILJT-related setting information, wherein the ILJT-related setting information may be determined on the basis of the UE capability information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jiwon Kang, Hyungtae Kim, Kyuseok Kim
  • Patent number: 11997256
    Abstract: An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: obtaining intra prediction information including at least one of MPM flag information, MRL index information, and planner flag information from a bitstream; checking the MPM flag information; checking the MRL index information on the basis of a case where the MPM flag information indicates that the MRL index information is checked; checking the planner flag information on the basis of a case where a value of the MRL index information is 0; deriving an intra prediction mode for a current block on the basis of the check for the planner flag information; deriving prediction samples for the current block on the basis of the intra prediction mode for the current block; and generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the prediction samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Ling Li, Jaehyun Lim, Jin Heo, Jangwon Choi, Seunghwan Kim
  • Patent number: D1028517
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yongseok Kim, Jiwon Park