Patents Assigned to THE CO., LTD.
  • Cooking apparatus and control method thereof
    Patent number: 10959296
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus is disclosed. The cooking apparatus includes a capacitance detector and a cookware detection controller. The capacitance detector is configured to detect capacitance using two or more electrodes arranged on one side of each of a plurality of induction heating coils. The cookware detection controller is configured to identify an induction heating coil corresponding to a position where cookware is placed among the plurality of induction heating coils when it is determined that the cookware is placed on a cooking plate based on the capacitance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chang Sun Yun
  • Combustion device capable of measuring gas use amount, and method for measuring gas use amount
    Patent number: 10955137
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a combustion device capable of informing an amount of used gas, in which an air of gas temperature is reflected, to a user and a method of measuring the amount of used gas. To this end, the combustion device includes: a burner configured to burn gas; a blower configured to supply air for combustion to the burner; gas valves configured to supply gas for combustion to the burner; a gas temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of gas supplied to the burner or the blower; and a control unit configured to control the number of revolutions of the blower, calculate a first amount of used gas for a present operating heat quantity burned according to a signal input by a user, and compensate the calculated first amount of used gas with a measured gas temperature measured by the gas temperature sensor to calculate a second amount of used gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: KYUNGDONG NAVIEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Si Hwan Kim, Yong Min Song
  • Spark plug
    Patent number: 10958045
    Abstract: In a spark plug, a base material contains 50 mass % or more of Ni, 8 mass % or more and 40 mass % or less of Cr, 0.01 mass % or more and 2 mass % or less of Si, 0.01 mass % or more and 2 mass % or less of Al, 0.01 mass % or more and 2 mass % or less of Mn, 0.01 mass % or more and 0.1 mass % or less of C, and 0.001 mass % or more and 5 mass % or less of Fe. A discharge member contains at least Pt of a P group (Pt, Rh, Ir, and Ru) and Ni. The atomic concentration K of the P group of the discharge member, the atomic concentration L of the P group of the base material, the atomic concentration M of Ni of the discharge member, and the atomic concentration N of Ni of the base material satisfy (K+L)/(M+N)?1.14.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Sumoyama, Kazuki Ito
  • Handlebar switch
    Patent number: 10953947
    Abstract: To provide a handlebar switch that can achieve reduction in size of a switch case, while ensuring operability of switches that increase in number, a handlebar switch includes switch cases disposed on a handlebar inside a handlebar grip in a vehicle width direction and a plurality of switches disposed on the switch cases. The switches include direction switches that specify up, down, left, and right directions. The direction switches disposed to form one vertical row include a pair of upper and lower depressing up and down switches that specify up and down directions, respectively, and a tilting left-right switch that is disposed between the up and down switches and that specifies a left or right direction. Other switches are disposed at the left and right of the direction switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yohei Kaida
  • Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data using plurality of carriers in wireless communication system
    Patent number: 10959217
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data using a plurality of carriers in a wireless communication system. The method includes the steps of: receiving secondary serving cell (SCell) setting information for setting an SCell from a base station; determining whether the secondary SCell belongs to a primary set or to a non-primary set; and, according to a results of the determination, setting forward and reverse initial states as an active or inactive state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soeng Hun Kim, Boon Loong Ng, Gert Jan Van Lieshout, Kyeong In Jeong
  • Optical element with light shielding area, and imaging lens
    Patent number: 10955660
    Abstract: There is provided an optical element, an imaging lens and an imaging device preventing from occurring ghosts and flares caused by unnecessary light reflected on a surface of the edge part or inside the same of the optical element, and reproducing a clear image quality. The optical element 100 includes an effective optical portion 101, 103 and an edge part 102, 104 forming at the circumference of the effective optical portion 101, 103. A light shielding area SSI which changes in quality by laser irradiation is provided from a surface to the inside of the edge part or the inside of the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: KANTATSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Ohtsu, Koji Yoshikawa
  • Electronic device for acquiring image using plurality of cameras and method for processing image using the same
    Patent number: 10956774
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic device for acquiring images by using a plurality of cameras and a method for processing images by using the same. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the electronic device may comprise a first camera, a second camera including a lens assembly and a driving unit capable of changing an optic axis of the lens assembly, and a processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jihak Kim, Dongwoo Lee
  • Mobile body management system, control method for mobile body management system, and management server for mobile body management system
    Patent number: 10957208
    Abstract: A management system that comprises a movement management part that: communicates via communication devices with a plurality of mobile bodies that include autonomous mobile bodies that comprise an autonomous control part that is for autonomous movement; and manages the movement of the plurality of mobile bodies. The autonomous mobile bodies comprise a display device that performs outward-facing display. The movement management part has a superiority determination part that, on the basis of individual information for the plurality of mobile bodies, determines a preference ranking for the movement of the plurality of mobile bodies. The autonomous mobile bodies comprise a display control part that controls the display of the display device in accordance with the preference ranking determined by the superiority determination part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yo Ito, Makoto Nagai, Shotaro Odate, Takashi Sono, Akihiko Fujiwara, Kohei Matsumoto, Fumiya Hirose
  • Method, apparatus, and electronic device for blockchain-based recordkeeping
    Patent number: 10958438
    Abstract: A method for blockchain-based data verification is provided. The method includes: obtaining target data submitted by a data submitter, wherein a first data digest of the target data is recorded in a blockchain; computing a second data digest of the target data; determining whether the second data digest matches the first data digest of the target data recorded in the blockchain; and determining that the target data submitted by the data submitter is valid in response to determining that the second data digest matches the first data digest of the target data recorded in the blockchain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: ADVANCED NEW TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fuqiang Li, Linqing Wang, Hong Zhang, Haitao Jiang, Xinyu Weng, Zongru Zhan
  • Global navigation satellite system receiver, application processor having the same, and operating method of the global navigation satellite system receiver
    Patent number: 10955559
    Abstract: A global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver includes an internal signal processor configured to perform an internal signal processing operation on a satellite signal to generate satellite information, a switching circuit configured to transmit the satellite signal to the internal signal processor, and a control circuit configured to receive a blanking signal from an external communication device instructing that the internal signal processing operation is to be blocked, and configured to output control information for reducing transmission power of the external communication device and to control the switching circuit to transmit the satellite signal to the internal signal processor regardless of the blanking signal when a frequency at which the blanking signal is received exceeds a reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki-Soo Yu, Bhaskar Nallapureddy, Jae-Bum Cho
  • Micro-LED module and method for fabricating the same
    Patent number: 10955123
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for fabricating a micro-LED module. The method includes: preparing a circuit board; forming solder bumps on one surface of the circuit board; arranging micro-LED chips on the one surface of the circuit board such that the micro-LED chips are in contact with the solder bumps; heating the solder bumps to bond the micro-LED chips to the one surface of the circuit board through the solder bumps; arranging driver ICs on the other surface of the circuit board such that the driver ICs are in contact with solders on the other surface of the circuit board in a state in which the micro-LED chips are bonded to the circuit board; and heating the solders to bond the driver ICs to the other surface of the circuit board through the solders. The micro-LED chips are arranged on the one surface of the circuit board after the flatness of the circuit board is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: LUMENS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Juok Seo
  • Confidential blockchain transactions
    Patent number: 10958443
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes: determining assets held by a remitter, the assets to be spent in a remittance transaction between the remitter and one or more payees, in which each asset corresponds to a respective asset identifier, a respective asset amount, and a respective asset commitment value; determining a remitter pseudo public key and a remitter pseudo private key; determining a cover party pseudo public key, in which the cover party pseudo public key is obtained based on asset commitment values of assets held by the cover party; and generating a linkable ring signature for the remittance transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wenbing Zhang
  • Variable air pressure regulation device for expansion tank
    Patent number: 10955144
    Abstract: An air pressure regulating device comprises an expansion tank having air stored therein and having an air injection/discharge port at an outside thereof; and a pressure regulation unit provided with a three-way ball valve connected to the air injection/discharge port, a pressure gauge which is installed in any one of flow paths of the three-way ball valve to check an internal pressure of the expansion tank, and a valve core which is installed in a flow path other than the flow path in which the pressure gauge is installed to be capable of injecting or discharging air into or from the expansion tank so as to be capable of controlling the internal pressure of the expansion tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Joong Ang Engineering Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Kyung Joon Kim
  • Apparatus to provide a screen capturing function and a method of providing the screen capturing function
    Patent number: 10958853
    Abstract: A portable apparatus to provide a screen capturing function, when a display unit of the apparatus displays moving pictures on a display panel thereof, includes a button signal input unit to receive a button signal inputted by a user; a picture capturing unit to capture individual pictures of the moving pictures, when the inputted button signal is determined to be a first button signal; a thumbnail creating unit to create thumbnails of the captured pictures, the thumbnails being sequentially arranged on a predetermined portion of the display panel; and a screen recording button located on an exterior of the portable apparatus to generate the first button signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ji-yeon Kwak
  • Cell detection, synchronization and measurement on unlicensed spectrum
    Patent number: 10959197
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for cell detection, synchronization and measurement on unlicensed spectrum. A method for receiving a discovery reference signal (DRS) includes identifying, based on a DRS measurement timing configuration (DMTC), a DRS detection/measurement gap duration and a periodicity; and listening for the DRS on a carrier in an unlicensed spectrum during the identified gap duration at the identified periodicity. An apparatus for an eNodeB associated with a cell includes a controller and a transceiver. The controller is configured to configure a DMTC including a DRS detection/measurement gap duration and periodicity. The transceiver is configured to transmit the DRS on a carrier in an unlicensed spectrum during the gap duration at the periodicity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Boon Loong Ng, Aris Papasakellariou, Thomas David Novlan
  • Lateral file cabinet
    Patent number: D913729
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: LUOYANG STEELART OFFICEFURNITURE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jian Xiao
  • Automobile and/or toy replica thereof
    Patent number: D913855
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Wakabayashi, Takashi Utsunomiya, Marten Wallgren
  • Display stand
    Patent number: D914028
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: SHENZHEN PRIME TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Yaqi Lyu
  • Handheld smart oral irrigator
    Patent number: D914198
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: FLYCAT ELECTRICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinfeng Li, Gang Wang, Qing Zhang, Xinquan Liu, Xiaowen Liu
  • UV sterilizer
    Patent number: D914234
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Norton Brilliant Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Huaxiang Yi