Patents by Inventor Hwanyong KIM

Hwanyong KIM 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: 11848572
    Abstract: A wireless power reception apparatus according to an embodiment of the present specification comprises: a power pickup circuit for receiving, by magnetic coupling to a wireless power transmission apparatus, wireless power from the wireless power transmission apparatus; and a communication/control circuit for communicating with the wireless power transmission apparatus and controlling the received wireless power, wherein the communication/control circuit transmits, before entering a power transmission phase, to the wireless power transmission apparatus, information regarding a first reference quality factor Qt1?(ref) measured at a first frequency f1(ref) and information regarding a second reference quality factor Qt2?(ref) measured at a second frequency f2(ref).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kyunghwan Kim, Gyunghwan Yook, Hyoungseok Kim, Hwanyong Kim
  • Patent number: 11637717
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for controlling a command input device. The method includes: sensing contact between a home appliance and the command input device; based on sensing the contact between the home appliance and the command input device, determining the home appliance as a target home appliance to be controlled by the command input device; and based on the determination of the home appliance as the target home appliance to be controlled by the command input device, activating a remote controller provided by the command input device and configured to control the target home appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seonghun Lee, Hwanyong Kim, Sooyong Park
  • Publication number: 20230044514
    Abstract: Discussed is a wireless charging device that changes a direction of a magnetic field generated by a transmission coil, through a repeater capable of rotating in a plane, and supports a user terminal in parallel with the repeater, to wirelessly transmit power in various directions and at various angles. The wireless charging device includes a power transmitting module including a plurality of transmission coils arranged side by side, therein, a terminal supporting module including a repeater therein and disposed at a slant with respect to an upper surface of the power transmitting module on the upper surface of the power transmitting module, a moving module to move the terminal supporting module along a direction in which the transmission coils are arranged, and a controller to supply a voltage to any one of the plurality of transmission coils depending on a position of the moving module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kyunghwan KIM, Seong Hun LEE, Gyunghwan YOOK, Hyoung Seok KIM, Hwanyong KIM
  • Publication number: 20230032749
    Abstract: Discussed is a wireless charging device which can change the direction of a magnetic field, generated in a transmission coil, through a vertically and horizontally rotatable repeater, and can hold a user terminal in parallel with the repeater, thereby transmitting wireless power in various directions and at various angles. The wireless charging device includes a case, a flat plate core disposed in the case, multiple transmission coils arranged parallel to each other on the flat plate core, a terminal holder including a repeater therein and disposed on the top surface of the case while sloping with respect to the top surface of the case, and a moving member for moving the terminal holder in the direction in which the plurality of transmission coils are arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kyunghwan KIM, Seong Hun LEE, Gyunghwan YOOK, Hyoung Seok KIM, Hwanyong KIM
  • Patent number: 11532954
    Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerator for uniformly illuminating an inner space thereof. The refrigerator includes a cabinet including a storage compartment having a predetermined size, a shelf installed in the storage compartment, the shelf including a light source unit for illuminating an inside of the storage compartment, a transmitter connected to an external power supply for wirelessly transmitting power, the transmitter having a primary resonance frequency within a predetermined range, and a receiver for wirelessly receiving the power from the transmitter so as to supply the power to the light source unit of the shelf, the transmitter transmitting the power to the receiver using a secondary resonance frequency generated when the receiver is located close to the transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seonghun Lee, Byungsang Jung, Hwanyong Kim, Seungje Park, Sangdoo Ha, Yongjun Son, Seonwook Park, Jaesung Yang, Wonbok Lee, Gyoocheol Choi, Joonggil Jeong
  • Patent number: 11469621
    Abstract: Provided are a wireless charging apparatus in which multiple coils overlaps with one another on separated cores, and a wireless charging system including such wireless charging apparatus. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the wireless charging apparatus includes a plurality of plate coils spaced apart from one another, a first coil disposed on the plurality plate coils, and a second coil disposed on the first coil to partially overlap with the first coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Eunsoo Lee, Jaesoon Kwon, Hwanyong Kim, Sooyong Park, Beom Seok Chae, Hyengcheul Choi, Seong Hun Lee
  • Patent number: 11437860
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a wireless charging device in which multiple coils are overlapped with one another on separated cores. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the wireless charging device includes two flat cores spaced apart from each other, and a first layer coil to a fourth layer coil disposed above the two plate cores and disposed on different layers from one another and overlapped with one another, so that the multiple cores are overlapped with one another on the separated cores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaesoon Kwon, Hwanyong Kim, Beom Seok Chae, Sooyong Park, Seong Hun Lee, Eunsoo Lee, Hyengcheul Choi
  • Patent number: 11411425
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wireless charging device capable of efficiently charging one or more user terminals by performing a tilt function with respect to a portion where the user terminal is held. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the wireless charging device include a first body, a depression defined in the first body, a terminal holder that is coupled to an inner surface at both sides of the depression using a hinge and rotates with respect to the first body, a wireless charger disposed in the terminal holder, a second body connected to the first body and inclined with respect to the first body, and a display provided in the second body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hwanyong Kim, Kyunghwan Kim, Hyoung Seok Kim, Gyunghwan Yuk, Seong Hun Lee
  • Publication number: 20220247230
    Abstract: A wireless power reception apparatus according to an embodiment of the present specification comprises: a power pickup circuit for receiving, by magnetic coupling to a wireless power transmission apparatus, wireless power from the wireless power transmission apparatus; and a communication/control circuit for communicating with the wireless power transmission apparatus and controlling the received wireless power, wherein the communication/control circuit transmits, before entering a power transmission phase, to the wireless power transmission apparatus, information regarding a first reference quality factor Qt1?(ref) measured at a first frequency f1(ref) and information regarding a second reference quality factor Qt2?(ref) measured at a second frequency f2(ref).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kyunghwan KIM, Gyunghwan YOOK, Hyoungseok KIM, Hwanyong KIM
  • Publication number: 20220140658
    Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerator for uniformly illuminating an inner space thereof. The refrigerator includes a cabinet including a storage compartment having a predetermined size, a shelf installed in the storage compartment, the shelf including a light source unit for illuminating an inside of the storage compartment, a transmitter connected to an external power supply for wirelessly transmitting power, the transmitter having a primary resonance frequency within a predetermined range, and a receiver for wirelessly receiving the power from the transmitter so as to supply the power to the light source unit of the shelf, the transmitter transmitting the power to the receiver using a secondary resonance frequency generated when the receiver is located close to the transmitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Seonghun LEE, Byungsang JUNG, Hwanyong KIM, Seungje PARK, Sangdoo HA, Yongjun SON, Seonwook PARK, Jaesung YANG, Wonbok LEE, Gyoocheol CHOI, Joonggil JEONG
  • Patent number: 11289950
    Abstract: A wireless charging apparatus is disclosed. The wireless charging apparatus includes a plurality of coil arrays disposed so as to partially overlap each other, and a shielding member disposed at one side of each of the coil arrays to block a leaked magnetic field. The coil arrays include a first coil array including a plurality of transmission coils disposed adjacent to each other, a second coil array including a smaller number of transmission coils than the first coil array and disposed under the first coil array, and a third coil array including the same number of transmission coils as the second coil array and disposed on the first coil array. As a result, it is possible to simultaneously charge a plurality of devices requiring different amounts of power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaesoon Kwon, Hwanyong Kim, Beomseok Chae, Seonghun Lee
  • Patent number: 11283307
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a wireless power transmitting device that includes a charging module which is configured to transmit a foreign object sensing signal for sensing at least one of a wireless power receiving device and a foreign object on a charging pad, and which is configured to transmit a wireless power signal for charging the wireless power receiving device, and a control module which is configured to control the charging module such that the wireless power signal and the foreign object sensing signal are transmitted, and which is configured to sense at least one of the foreign object and the wireless power receiving device, based on an output voltage sensed by the charging module, after the foreign object sensing signal is transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyengcheul Choi, Eunsoo Lee, Jaesoon Kwon, Hwanyong Kim, Sooyong Park, Seong Hun Lee, Beom Seok Chae
  • Patent number: 11239702
    Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerator for uniformly illuminating an inner space thereof. The refrigerator includes a cabinet including a storage compartment having a predetermined size, a shelf installed in the storage compartment, the shelf including a light source unit for illuminating an inside of the storage compartment, a transmitter connected to an external power supply for wirelessly transmitting power, the transmitter having a primary resonance frequency within a predetermined range, and a receiver for wirelessly receiving the power from the transmitter so as to supply the power to the light source unit of the shelf, the transmitter transmitting the power to the receiver using a secondary resonance frequency generated when the receiver is located close to the transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seonghun Lee, Byungsang Jung, Hwanyong Kim, Seungje Park, Sangdoo Ha, Yongjun Son, Seonwook Park, Jaesung Yang, Wonbok Lee, Gyoocheol Choi, Joonggil Jeong
  • Publication number: 20210409237
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for controlling a command input device. The method includes: sensing contact between a home appliance and the command input device; based on sensing the contact between the home appliance and the command input device, determining the home appliance as a target home appliance to be controlled by the command input device; and based on the determination of the home appliance as the target home appliance to be controlled by the command input device, activating a remote controller provided by the command input device and configured to control the target home appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Seonghun LEE, Hwanyong KIM, Sooyong PARK
  • Patent number: 11168430
    Abstract: Disclosed is a washing machine comprising: a tub which accommodates washing water; a drum which is disposed inside the tub, accommodates cloth, and is rotatable; a transmission coil which is disposed in the tub and supplies power wirelessly; a reception coil which is disposed in the drum and receives the power transmitted from the transmission coil; and a washing force reinforcing unit which is disposed in the drum, operated by the power delivered from the reception coil, and provides washing force to the cloth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sooyong Park, Kyunghwan Kim, Hwanyong Kim, Seonghun Lee, Byungsang Jung
  • Patent number: 11171801
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for controlling a command input device. The method includes: sensing contact between a home appliance and the command input device; based on sensing the contact between the home appliance and the command input device, determining the home appliance as a target home appliance to be controlled by the command input device; and based on the determination of the home appliance as the target home appliance to be controlled by the command input device, activating a remote controller provided by the command input device and configured to control the target home appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seonghun Lee, Hwanyong Kim, Sooyong Park
  • Patent number: 11056926
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided in which electromagnetic field components generated by a transmitting coil is induced to other transmitting coils based on plurality of transmitting coils being driven for multiple wireless charging, for example, wirelessly charging two or more receivers to prevent degradation in performance of detecting a receiving coil and a foreign object during multiple wireless charging. According to the present disclosure, the receiving coil and foreign object detecting apparatus in multiple charging conditions using the plurality of transmitting coils includes an induced signal processor. The induced signal processor can control an amount of voltage and an operation frequency corresponding to the wireless charging coil and can detect a peak and can include a filter to thereby prevent interference of a signal induced from other neighboring transmitting coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyengcheul Choi, Seong Hun Lee, Beom Seok Chae, Sooyong Park, Hwanyong Kim
  • Publication number: 20210083521
    Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerator for uniformly illuminating an inner space thereof. The refrigerator includes a cabinet including a storage compartment having a predetermined size, a shelf installed in the storage compartment, the shelf including a light source unit for illuminating an inside of the storage compartment, a transmitter connected to an external power supply for wirelessly transmitting power, the transmitter having a primary resonance frequency within a predetermined range, and a receiver for wirelessly receiving the power from the transmitter so as to supply the power to the light source unit of the shelf, the transmitter transmitting the power to the receiver using a secondary resonance frequency generated when the receiver is located close to the transmitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Seonghun LEE, Byungsang JUNG, Hwanyong KIM, Seungje PARK, Sangdoo HA, Yongjun SON, Seonwook PARK, Jaesung YANG, Wonbok LEE, Gyoocheol CHOI, Joonggil JEONG
  • Publication number: 20210013732
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wireless charging device capable of efficiently charging one or more user terminals by performing a tilt function with respect to a portion where the user terminal is held. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the wireless charging device include a first body, a depression defined in the first body, a terminal holder that is coupled to an inner surface at both sides of the depression using a hinge and rotates with respect to the first body, a wireless charger disposed in the terminal holder, a second body connected to the first body and inclined with respect to the first body, and a display provided in the second body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hwanyong KIM, Kyunghwan KIM, Hyoung Seok KIM, Gyunghwan YUK, Seong Hun LEE
  • Patent number: 10886785
    Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerator for uniformly illuminating an inner space thereof. The refrigerator includes a cabinet including a storage compartment having a predetermined size, a shelf installed in the storage compartment, the shelf including a light source unit for illuminating an inside of the storage compartment, a transmitter connected to an external power supply for wirelessly transmitting power, the transmitter having a primary resonance frequency within a predetermined range, and a receiver for wirelessly receiving the power from the transmitter so as to supply the power to the light source unit of the shelf, the transmitter transmitting the power to the receiver using a secondary resonance frequency generated when the receiver is located close to the transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seonghun Lee, Byungsang Jung, Hwanyong Kim, Seungje Park, Sangdoo Ha, Yongjun Son, Seonwook Park, Jaesung Yang, Wonbok Lee, Gyoocheol Choi, Joonggil Jeong