Patents by Inventor Kyungsoo HWANGBO

Kyungsoo HWANGBO has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11896162
    Abstract: A blender includes a jar including a blade module to cut an object, a main body to receive the jar and including a motor to rotate the blade module, and a controller disposed inside the main body and configured to operate the motor. The main body further includes an outer case and forming an outer structure of the main body. The outer case includes a touch input portion on an outer surface of the outer case. A touch sensor is disposed on an inner surface of the outer case at a position corresponding to the touch input portion to detect a touch input on the touch input portion. The controller is configured to determine an operation time period of the motor based on the touch input detected by the touch sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Namhun Kim, Kyungsoo Hwangbo
  • Patent number: 11785680
    Abstract: An induction heating device and a method for sensing a cooking vessel on an induction heating device are provided. The induction heating device may include a controller that converts a resonance waveform generated as current is applied to a sensing coil into a square waveform. The controller may determine whether a cooking vessel placed on the induction heating device has an inductive heating property based on a number of pulses of the converted square waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kyungsoo Hwangbo, Bong Jin Cho
  • Patent number: 11770881
    Abstract: A cooking vessel sensor and an induction heating device including a cooking vessel sensor is provided. The cooking vessel sensor may include a cylindrical hollow body having a first receiving space defined therein; a hollow cylindrical magnetic core received in the first space and having a second receiving space defined therein; and a sensing coil wound on an outer face of the side wall by a predetermined number of winding counts. The cylindrical hollow body may have a side wall having a coil outlet defined therein, and the sensing coil may pass though the coil outlet out of the body. The cooking vessel sensor may further include a controller that applies a current to the sensing coil and determines, based on a sensing result of the cooking vessel sensor, whether the cooking vessel is inductive or has an inductive heating property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kyungsoo Hwangbo, Junbo Byun, Hyeonwoo Seo
  • Publication number: 20230157486
    Abstract: Proposed is a blender which detects whether a container lid is closed by transmitting an electrical signal through a transparent film. The blender according to the present disclosure comprises a container body in which food is accommodated; a main body provided under the container body so as to support the container body; the container lid detachably mounted on the upper surface of the container body so as to open and close the upper side of the container body; and a detection system which detects whether the container lid is mounted on the container body, wherein the detection system includes a transparent electrode film configured to have multiple layers so as to guide the flow of electricity. Therefore, the blender has the advantage of preventing an assembly defect without damaging the appearance of the container body formed of a transparent material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Kyungsoo HWANGBO, Mingyu KIM
  • Patent number: 11521778
    Abstract: The coil substrate may include a substrate; a first conductor layer including a plurality of first and second segments periodically disposed on a top and a bottom of the substrate; a second conductor layer including a plurality of first and second segments periodically overlapping the first conductor layer on the top and the bottom of the substrate; a first connection line that connects the first and second segments of the first conductor layer; and a second connection line that connects the first and second segments of the second conductor layer. The first connection line includes a first region exposed on at least one of first and second surfaces that are opposite to each other of the substrate and second and third regions disposed through the substrate from both sides of the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyungjun Kim, Kyungsoo Hwangbo
  • Publication number: 20220125246
    Abstract: A blender includes a jar including a blade module to cut an object, a main body to receive the jar and including a motor to rotate the blade module, and a controller disposed inside the main body and configured to operate the motor. The main body further includes an outer case and forming an outer structure of the main body. The outer case includes a touch input portion on an outer surface of the outer case. A touch sensor is disposed on an inner surface of the outer case at a position corresponding to the touch input portion to detect a touch input on the touch input portion. The controller is configured to determine an operation time period of the motor based on the touch input detected by the touch sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Namhun KIM, Kyungsoo Hwangbo
  • Publication number: 20220039217
    Abstract: An induction heating device and a method for sensing a cooking vessel on an induction heating device are provided. The induction heating device may include a controller that converts a resonance waveform generated as current is applied to a sensing coil into a square waveform. The controller may determine whether a cooking vessel placed on the induction heating device has an inductive heating property based on a number of pulses of the converted square waveform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Kyungsoo HWANGBO, Bong Jin CHO
  • Publication number: 20220007468
    Abstract: A cooking vessel sensor and an induction heating device including a cooking vessel sensor is provided. The cooking vessel sensor may include a cylindrical hollow body having a first receiving space defined therein; a hollow cylindrical magnetic core received in the first space and having a second receiving space defined therein; and a sensing coil wound on an outer face of the side wall by a predetermined number of winding counts. The cylindrical hollow body may have a side wall having a coil outlet defined therein, and the sensing coil may pass though the coil outlet out of the body. The cooking vessel sensor may further include a controller that applies a current to the sensing coil and determines, based on a sensing result of the cooking vessel sensor, whether the cooking vessel is inductive or has an inductive heating property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Kyungsoo HWANGBO, Junbo BYUN, Hyeonwoo SEO
  • Patent number: 11178732
    Abstract: An induction heating device and a method for sensing a cooking vessel on an induction heating device are provided. The induction heating device may include a controller that converts a resonance waveform generated as current is applied to a sensing coil into a square waveform. The controller may determine whether a cooking vessel placed on the induction heating device has an inductive heating property based on a number of pulses of the converted square waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kyungsoo Hwangbo, Bong Jin Cho
  • Patent number: 11153938
    Abstract: A cooking vessel sensor and an induction heating device including a cooking vessel sensor is provided. The cooking vessel sensor may include a cylindrical hollow body having a first receiving space defined therein; a hollow cylindrical magnetic core received in the first space and having a second receiving space defined therein; and a sensing coil wound on an outer face of the side wall by a predetermined number of winding counts. The cylindrical hollow body may have a side wall having a coil outlet defined therein, and the sensing coil may pass through the coil outlet out of the body. The cooking vessel sensor may further include a controller that applies a current to the sensing coil and determines, based on a sensing result of the cooking vessel sensor, whether the cooking vessel is inductive or has an inductive heating property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kyungsoo Hwangbo, Junbo Byun, Hyeonwoo Seo
  • Publication number: 20190333671
    Abstract: The coil substrate may include a substrate; a first conductor layer comprising a plurality of first and second segments periodically disposed on top and bottom of the substrate; a second conductor layer comprising a plurality of first and second segments periodically overlapping the first conductor layer on the top and bottom of the substrate; a first connection line connecting between the first and second segments of the first conductor layer; and a second connection line connecting the first and second segments of the second conductor layer. The first connection line includes a first region exposed on at least one of the first and second surfaces that are opposite to each other of the substrate and second and third regions disposed through the substrate from both sides of the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Hyungjun KIM, Kyungsoo HWANGBO
  • Publication number: 20180376545
    Abstract: An induction heating device and a method for sensing a cooking vessel on an induction heating device are provided. The induction heating device may include a controller that converts a resonance waveform generated as current is applied to a sensing coil into a square waveform. The controller may determine whether a cooking vessel placed on the induction heating device has an inductive heating property based on a number of pulses of the converted square waveform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Kyungsoo HWANGBO, Bong Jin Cho
  • Publication number: 20180376541
    Abstract: A cooking vessel sensor and an induction heating device including a cooking vessel sensor is provided. The cooking vessel sensor may include a cylindrical hollow body having a first receiving space defined therein; a hollow cylindrical magnetic core received in the first space and having a second receiving space defined therein; and a sensing coil wound on an outer face of the side wall by a predetermined number of winding counts. The cylindrical hollow body may have a side wall having a coil outlet defined therein, and the sensing coil may pass through the coil outlet out of the body. The cooking vessel sensor may further include a controller that applies a current to the sensing coil and determines, based on a sensing result of the cooking vessel sensor, whether the cooking vessel is inductive or has an inductive heating property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Kyungsoo HWANGBO, Junbo BYUN, Hyeonwoo SEO