Patents Assigned to LG Electronics
  • Patent number: 11313360
    Abstract: A linear compressor according to the present disclosure may include a cylinder provided with at least one groove, a piston reciprocating within the cylinder, a motor configured to provide a driving force to move the piston within the cylinder, an inverter configured to perform a switching operation to transmit electric power to the motor, and a controller configured to receive temperature information from the electronic device and control the inverter to preheat the motor based on the received temperature information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Nayi Ryu, Chulgi Roh, Gahyun Oh
  • Patent number: 11317250
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for transmitting an MBMS interest indication message and a device supporting same. A method for transmitting an MBMS interest indication message, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: deciding a coverage enhancement (CE) level of a terminal in a wireless communication system; receiving CE level information of an MBMS service of interest; comparing the decided CE level of the terminal and the received CE level information of the MBMS service and thus determining whether or not the MBMS service can be received; and, if it is determined that the MBMS service can be received, transmitting to a base station an MBMS interest indication message comprising information about an MBMS frequency of interest or an MBMS service of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sangwon Kim, Youngdae Lee, Jaewook Lee
  • Patent number: 11314291
    Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a display panel; a module cover covering the display panel from behind the display panel; a glass cover comprising a cover portion positioned at the rear of the module cover and a decoration portion positioned below the cover portion and not overlapping the module cover in the forward and backward direction; an electronic mounting plate disposed on the rear surface of the cover portion; a back cover covering the electronic mounting plate from behind the electronic mounting plate; and a stand fixed to the back cover and positioned behind the glass cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Dongkyoon Han, Jaecheol Kim, Chanwoo Kim, Jihoon Yoon, Jaegi Lee
  • Patent number: 11313603
    Abstract: An ice maker includes an upper assembly provided with an upper tray which has an upper chamber recessed upwardly to define an upper side of an ice chamber in which water is filled to generate ice, a lower assembly provided with a lower tray which has a lower chamber recessed downwardly to define a lower side of the ice chamber, and a lower supporter which supports a lower side of the lower tray, in which the lower assembly is rotatably connected to the upper assembly. The ice maker also includes an upper ejector provided with an upper ejecting pin which separates ice from the upper tray after ice-making is completed, in which the upper ejector is connected to the lower assembly to be interlocked with each other, such that when the lower assembly is rotated, the upper ejector is lifted and lowered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yonghyun Kim, Jinil Hong, Hyunji Park, Seungjin Choi, Seunggeun Lee
  • Patent number: 11313064
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for treating laundry are disclosed. The method for treating laundry according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes generating fusion sensing data on laundry by using a plurality of heterogeneous sensors, acquiring information about the laundry using the fusion sensing data, and controlling a washing cycle of the laundry based on the information about the laundry. According to the present disclosure, it is possible to collect accurate information about the laundry by using the fusion sensing data based on the heterogeneous sensors, and to control the washing cycle in a manner suitable for the laundry based on the collected information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Seung Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 11317312
    Abstract: A method for a device-to-device (D2D) communication in a wireless communication system is discussed. The method performed by a user equipment (UE) includes measuring a D2D received signal strength indicator (RSSI) for each resource region for the D2D communication, the D2D RSSI representing a received signal strength per symbol in the resource region; obtaining ratio information indicating a ratio of D2D resource regions having a higher D2D RSSI than a specific threshold within a resource pool for the D2D communication; and transmitting a measurement report including the ratio information to a base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Inkwon Seo, Hanbyul Seo, Seungmin Lee
  • Patent number: 11313071
    Abstract: A clothes treatment apparatus includes a cabinet, a door, and a steam unit. The clothes treatment apparatus further includes a heat pump unit that is located in the cycle chamber and that is configured to circulate and condition air in the treatment chamber. The clothes treatment apparatus further includes a water supply tank that is installed in the tank installation space, that is connected to the steam unit, and that is configured to supply water to the steam unit. The clothes treatment apparatus further includes a drainage tank that is separably installed in the tank installation space, that is configured to store condensed water generated in at least one of the treatment chamber or the heat pump unit. The clothes treatment apparatus further includes a water supply level sensor. The clothes treatment apparatus further includes a drainage level sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sunghoo Park, Youngjin Doh, Hyoungsup Park
  • Patent number: 11314263
    Abstract: A robot system includes a mobile robot provided with a driving wheel and a driving motor, a load cell provided in the mobile robot, a spring connected to the load cell, an auxiliary wheel connected to the spring, and a controller configured to change a speed of the driving motor according to a sensing value of the load cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sungmin Moon, Nakyeong Kim, Sanghak Lee, Jeongkyo Seo
  • Patent number: 11314976
    Abstract: A vehicle control device is disclosed. The vehicle control device includes: an interface unit that is connected to a camera for capturing a vehicle passenger and to a plurality of devices installed inside the vehicle; and a processor that receives an image captured by the camera through the interface unit and exchanges information with the plurality of devices through the interface unit, wherein the processor detects the position of the passenger from the image acquired by the camera, configures a space adjacent to the passenger as a virtual control space, matches a device corresponding to the position of the passenger, among the plurality of devices, to the virtual control device, and, upon detecting a preset gesture through the virtual control space, controls the device based on the preset gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Minsick Park
  • Patent number: 11317382
    Abstract: Provided are a method for transmitting a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) message by a terminal in a wireless communication system, and a device using the method. The method comprises: performing an operation of excluding candidate resources on the basis of a PSSCH-RSRP threshold value in a selection window; determining whether the ratio of remaining candidate resources in the selection window is smaller than a predetermined threshold value; when the ratio is smaller than the threshold value, according to whether at least one of the delay requirement and priority of the V2X message satisfies a predetermined condition, increasing the PSSCH-RSRP threshold value and performing an operation of excluding candidate resources on the basis of the increased PSSCHRSRP threshold value; and transmitting the V2X message by using a resource selected among the remaining candidate resources in the selection window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seungmin Lee, Hanbyul Seo, Hyukjin Chae, Kyuhwan Kwak
  • Patent number: 11314346
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a control device. The control device includes an interface unit physically connected to a display unit, a control board receiving an input of an occupant, and a camera capturing an image of an area of a body of the occupant and the surroundings of the control board, and a processor exchanging information with the control board, the display unit, and the camera through the interface unit, wherein if it is determined that the occupant is present in the driver's seat through the camera and a first input is received from the occupant through the control board, the processor controls the display unit to display a display area corresponding to a position to which the first input is input on the control board, and when the display area is displayed in the display unit and a second input is received from the occupant through the control board, the processor selects or controls contents displayed in the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaehoon Cho, Heejeong Heo
  • Patent number: 11317086
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: obtaining intra prediction type related information for a current block from a bit stream; deriving the intra prediction type of the current block based on the intra prediction type-related information; obtaining intra prediction mode-related information for the current block from the bitstream; configuring a most probable mode (MPM) list including candidate intra prediction modes for the current block based on neighboring blocks of the current block; deriving the intra prediction mode of the current block based on the MPM list and the intra prediction mode-related information; and generating a predicted block of the current block based on the intra prediction type and the intra prediction mode, wherein when the intra prediction type indicates the particular intra prediction type, the MPM index is parsed from the bit stream without parsing of an MPM flag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Heo, Sunmi Yoo, Ling Li, Jangwon Choi
  • Patent number: 11317401
    Abstract: Provided are a method for a user equipment (UE) to transmit a medium access control protocol data unit (MAC PDU) in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus supporting the same. The method may include: allocating resource grants on multiple carriers; selecting a first carrier among the multiple carriers, based on allocated time of the resource grants; allocating a resource of the selected first carrier to a logical channel with the highest priority; and transmitting the MAC PDU, by using the resource of the selected first carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Youngdae Lee, Jaewook Lee, Jongwoo Hong
  • Patent number: 11317391
    Abstract: A method in which a terminal transmits/receives a special subframe in a wireless communication system supporting time division duplex (TDD) according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a step for receiving information about a special subframe configuration; a step for receiving a downlink signal from a base station during a time corresponding to a downlink pilot time slot (DwPTS) allocated according to the special subframe configuration; and a step for transmitting an uplink signal to the base station during a time corresponding to an uplink pilot time slot (UpPTS) allocated according to the special subframe configuration, wherein the special subframe consists of the DwPTS, a guard period (GP), and the UpPTS, and is received or transmitted through an sTTI structure pattern including a plurality of short transmission time interval (sTTI) transmission blocks, wherein the sTTI structure patterns can be determined according to the special subframe configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Uihyun Hong, Yunjung Yi
  • Patent number: 11316959
    Abstract: A method for transmitting a broadcast signal in a digital transmitter includes generating a link layer packet; generating the broadcast signal based on the link layer packet; and transmitting the broadcast signal. Further, the link layer packet includes at least one header and a payload, in which the at least one header includes a packet type field, and the packet type field represents a type of input data before encapsulation into the link layer packet. In addition, in response to the packet type field represents that the input data relates to a Movie Picture Experts Group-2 (MPEG-2) Transport Stream (TS) packet, a first header included in the link layer packet includes a deleted null packet indicator for representing the number of deleted null TS packets prior to the link layer packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Woosuk Kwon, Sejin Oh, Kyoungsoo Moon
  • Patent number: 11310997
    Abstract: A treadmill may include two separate left and right belts rotating around two sets of rollers, four legs having an adjustable height via air suspension to customize an inclination of the treadmill, a thermoelectric assembly, a fragrance assembly having a rotating fragrance cartridge to emit various smells toward a user of the treadmill, a display on which exercise programs are played, and an attachment module having a dispensing tray on which treats are dispensed. A handle of the treadmill may have a sensor to sense a height and front-rear position, and a belt divider provided between the left and right belts may have position or proximity sensors to sense a left-right position. An inclination of the treadmill may be automatically adjusted according to positions detected by the sensors, and the fragrance assembly, attachment module, and inclination may be automatically operated in accordance with an exercise program played on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyunsun Yoo, Joo-Gyeom Kim, Jaehung Chun
  • Patent number: 11313613
    Abstract: There is disclosed a refrigerator including an inner case that defines an exterior appearance of a storage space, with a communication hole formed therein, an outer case spaced apart a predetermined distance from the inner case, with a communication formed at a position corresponding to the communication hole of the inner case, a vacuum space provided between the inner case and the outer case, with being maintained vacuum, to insulate the inner case from the outer case, and a connection pipe passing through the vacuum space, to connect the communication hole of the inner case and the communication hole of the outer case with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Wonyeong Jung, Deokhyun Youn
  • Patent number: D949971
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yoonkyeong Lee, Yongho Lee, Jaewon Lim, Hyunhee You
  • Patent number: D949973
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyunhee You, Jaewon Lim, Yongho Lee, Yoonkyeong Lee
  • Patent number: D950181
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaeil Bae, Kyutae Park, Kyungah Lee, Hoil Jeon, Youngsoo Ha