Patents by Inventor Dae-Jone Kang

Dae-Jone Kang 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).

  • Refrigerator dispenser control technology
    Patent number: 8196426
    Abstract: Refrigerator dispenser control technology, in which user input related to moving a dispensing unit between a received position and a dispensing position is received and it is detected whether a dispensing unit is oriented in the received position or the dispensing position. The dispensing unit is driven based on the user input and the detection of whether the dispensing unit is oriented in the received position or the dispensing position. The dispensing unit may be driven from the received position to the dispensing position based on detecting that the dispensing unit is oriented in the received position. The dispensing unit also may be from the dispensing position to the received position based on detecting that the dispensing unit is oriented in the dispensing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Dae-Jone Kang
  • REFRIGERATOR DISPENSER CONTROL TECHNOLOGY
    Publication number: 20090254221
    Abstract: Refrigerator dispenser control technology, in which user input related to moving a dispensing unit between a received position and a dispensing position is received and it is detected whether a dispensing unit is oriented in the received position or the dispensing position. The dispensing unit is driven based on the user input and the detection of whether the dispensing unit is oriented in the received position or the dispensing position. The dispensing unit may be driven from the received position to the dispensing position based on detecting that the dispensing unit is oriented in the received position. The dispensing unit also may be from the dispensing position to the received position based on detecting that the dispensing unit is oriented in the dispensing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Dae-Jone KANG