Patents by Inventor Yin Young Hwang

Yin Young Hwang 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: 6883603
    Abstract: A method for controlling operation of a refrigerator having two evaporators is provided which allows food to be effectively stored in refrigerating and freezing chambers of the refrigerator. A Refrigerating-Freezing (RF) cycle and/or a Freezing (F) cycle of the refrigerator and compressor operation are controlled based on temperatures of various chambers within the refrigerator. This may be further enhanced by also controlling operation of the evaporators and their respective evaporator fans to further optimize cooling output and efficiency. In this manner, the various refrigerating and freezing chambers of the refrigerator can be maintained at an appropriate temperature, power consumption is minimized, and load on the compressor can be adequately managed so as to provide for effective food storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Koo Park, Yang Kyu Kim, Se Young Kim, Yin Young Hwang, Joon Hyung Park
  • Patent number: 6883339
    Abstract: A method for reducing power consumption of a refrigerator and improving a refrigerating efficiency is provided. This method controls a power saving operation of a refrigerator with two evaporators by either extending or delaying operation of at least one of, or a combination of, a freezer chamber evaporator fan, a refrigerating chamber evaporator fan, or a condenser fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Koo Park, Yang Kyu Kim, Se Young Kim, Yin Young Hwang, Joon Hyung Park
  • Publication number: 20040011067
    Abstract: A method for controlling operation of a refrigerator having two evaporators is disclosed, in which food can be effectively stored with a frozen state or a refrigerated state. To this end, the method for controlling operation of a refrigerator having two evaporators includes the steps of (a) starting a compressor in which a drive of the compressor starts; (b) continuous operation in which the RF cycle or the F cycle is operated according to a temperature of the freezing chamber or the refrigerating chamber after the compressor is operated; and (c) stopping a operation of the compressor if a temperature of the freezing chamber or the refrigerating chamber corresponds to each preset temperature range, thereby making a cycle and repeatedly processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2002
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Koo Park, Yang Kyu Kim, Se Young Kim, Yin Young Hwang, Joon Hyung Park
  • Patent number: 6622498
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for defrosting a refrigerator with two evaporators, and more particularly, to a method for defrosting a refrigerator with two evaporators, in which the two evaporators are operated on the same time when defrosting time points of the two evaporators are close. Moreover, when it is intended that the freezing chamber evaporator is defrosted, after the freezing chamber temperature and the storage chamber temperature are dropped to lower limits of temperature ranges, the freezing chamber evaporator is defrosted, and when the storage chamber is operative in a kimchi fermenting mode for fermenting kimchi, it is made that the storage chamber evaporator is not defrosted even if the storage chamber evaporator reaches to the defrosting period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Joon Hyung Park, Jin Koo Park, Yang Gyu Kim, Se Young Kim, Yin Young Hwang, Sang Ho Seo, Eui Yeop Chung
  • Patent number: 6623246
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling operation of a linear motor compressor, by which a linear motor compressor can operate always in an optimum condition by coping with the load variation due to changes in a refrigerator and the circumstances. In more detail, a current peak value at TDC=0 is detected by comparing a current applied to the linear motor compressor with a formerly detected current, and accordingly the linear motor compressor is operated by a switching control signal generated according to a duty-ratio corresponding to the current peak value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yin Young Hwang, Joon Hyung Park, Jin Koo Park, Sang Ho Seo, Ui Yeop Chung
  • Patent number: 6554577
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling operation of a linear compressor uses a pattern recognition for operating a compressor at an optimum efficiency by recognizing a trace in a graph about relation between a current and a displacement as a pattern and sensing variation of the pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Joon Hyung Park, Yin Young Hwang, Jin Koo Park, Yang Kyu Kim, Se Young Kim
  • Patent number: 6537034
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling an operation of a linear compressor includes: a sensorless circuit unit for detecting a current and a voltage applied to a linear compressor and outputting a work operation value corresponding to them; a stroke controller for receiving the work operation value and outputting a switching control signal corresponding to a variation amount of the work operation value; and an electric circuit unit for receiving the switching control signal from the stroke controller and outputting a certain voltage to the linear compressor, accordingly, a TDC of the piston in consideration of an error due to the nonlinear characteristic can be controlled, and thus, an operation efficiency of the linear compressor can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Joon Hyung Park, Yin Young Hwang, Jin Koo Park, Yang Kyu Kim, Se Young Kim
  • Patent number: 6527519
    Abstract: In an apparatus and a method for controlling a linear compressor, an apparatus for controlling a linear compressor includes a linear compressor adjusting a refrigerating capacity by a stroke voltage according to a stroke reference value, a current detecting unit detecting a current applied to the linear compressor, a work operation unit generating a work operation signal by integrating a current detected from the current detecting unit, a suction/discharge pressure difference storing unit storing a suction/discharge pressure difference according to the work operation signal, a microcomputer outputting a switching control signal according to the work operation signal and displaying the suction/discharge pressure difference according to the work operation signal, and an electric circuit unit controlling the linear compressor in accordance with the switching control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yin Young Hwang, Joon Hyung Park, Jin Koo Park, Yang Gyu Kim, Se Young Kim
  • Patent number: 6524075
    Abstract: In an apparatus and a method for controlling operation of a linear compressor, operation of a linear compressor is controlled by finding each inflection point as a TDC (top dead center) is 0 by using a current and a displacement vector generated in the linear compressor, determining a duty ratio on the basis of the inflection point and generating a switching control signal according to the determined duty ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yin Young Hwang, Joon Hyung Park, Jin Koo Park, Yang Kyu Kim, Se Young Kim
  • Publication number: 20020166331
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for defrosting a refrigerator with two evaporators, and more particularly, to a method for defrosting a refrigerator with two evaporators, in which the two evaporators are operated on the same time when defrosting time points of the two evaporators are close.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2002
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Joon Hyung Park, Jin Koo Park, Yang Gyu Kim, Se Young Kim, Yin Young Hwang, Sang Ho Seo, Eui Yeop Chung
  • Publication number: 20020150477
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling operation of a linear motor compressor, by which a linear motor compressor can operate always in an optimum condition by coping with the load variation due to changes in a refrigerator and the circumstances. In more detail, a current peak value at TDC=0 is detected by comparing a current applied to the linear motor compressor with a formerly detected current, and accordingly the linear motor compressor is operated by a switching control signal generated according to a duty-ratio corresponding to the current peak value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Yin Young Hwang, Joon Hyung Park, Jin Koo Park, Sang Ho Seo, Ui Yeop Chung
  • Publication number: 20020144510
    Abstract: The present invention is for reducing a power consumption of a refrigerator and improving a refrigerating efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2002
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Koo Park, Yang Kyu Kim, Se Young Kim, Yin Young Hwang, Joon Hyung Park
  • Publication number: 20020062652
    Abstract: In an apparatus and a method for controlling a linear compressor, an apparatus for controlling a linear compressor includes a linear compressor adjusting a refrigerating capacity by a stroke voltage according to a stroke reference value, a current detecting unit detecting a current applied to the linear compressor, a work operation unit generating a work operation signal by integrating a current detected from the current detecting unit, a suction/discharge pressure difference storing unit storing a suction/discharge pressure difference according to the work operation signal, a microcomputer outputting a switching control signal according to the work operation signal and displaying the suction/discharge pressure difference according to the work operation signal, and an electric circuit unit controlling the linear compressor in accordance with the switching control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Inventors: Yin Young Hwang, Joon Hyung Park, Jin Koo Park, Yang Gyu Kim, Se Young Kim
  • Publication number: 20020064462
    Abstract: In an apparatus and a method for controlling operation of a linear compressor using a pattern recognition for operating a compressor as an optimum efficiency by recognizing a trace about a graph about relation between a current and a displacement as a pattern and sensing variation of the pattern, the apparatus for controlling operation of the linear compressor using a pattern recognition includes a displacement calculating unit calculating a displacement by being inputted the current detected in the current detecting unit and the voltage detected in the voltage detecting unit, a pattern recognition unit being inputted the displacement outputted from the displacement calculating unit and the current outputted from the current detecting unit and detecting a pattern by using a trace corresponded to the displacement and the current, a stroke controlling unit being inputted a pattern from the pattern recognition unit and outputting a switching control signal according to the inputted pattern, and an electric circu
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Inventors: Joon Hyung Park, Yin Young Hwang, JIn Koo Park, Yang Kyu Kim, Se Young Kim
  • Publication number: 20020064463
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling an operation of a linear compressor includes: a sensorless circuit unit for detecting a current and a voltage applied to a linear compressor and outputting a work operation value corresponding to them; a stroke controller for receiving the work operation value and outputting a switching control signal corresponding to a variation amount of the work operation value; and an electric circuit unit for receiving the switching control signal from the stroke controller and outputting a certain voltage to the linear compressor, accordingly, a TDC of the piston in consideration of an error due to the nonlinear characteristic can be controlled, and thus, an operation efficiency of the linear compressor can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Inventors: Joon Hyung Park, Yin Young Hwang, Jin Koo Park, Yang Kyu Kim, Se Young Kim
  • Publication number: 20020064464
    Abstract: In an apparatus and a method for controlling operation of a linear compressor, operation of a linear compressor is controlled by finding each inflection point as a TDC (top dead center) is 0 by using a current and a displacement vector generated in the linear compressor, determining a duty ratio on the basis of the inflection point and generating a switching control signal according to the determined duty ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Inventors: Yin Young Hwang, Joon Hyung Park, Jin Koo Park, Yang Kyu Kim, Se Young Kim
  • Publication number: 20020013819
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an internet remote controller and controlling method for home appliances using the same, which is capable of receiving needed information from a web-site through the internet and adapting the Information easily without any additional apparatus to home appliances such as a cooking apparatus which has a large bulk and is hard to transfer. The present invention comprises a transmission/reception unit interfaced with a personal computer connected to the internet and having a data output device in order to transmit or receive data according to control of a control unit, and the control unit for controlling a control object to be controlled or the personal computer in order to transmit/receive selectively a control command or data according to operation of a switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Inventors: Hyong-Taek Lim, Yin-Young Hwang, Joon-Hyung Park