公开(公告)号：US11573046B2

公开(公告)日：2023-02-07

申请号：US16523813

申请日：2019-07-26

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Sunghun Lee ,  Yoonseong Nam

IPC: F25D17/04 ,  F25D11/02 ,  F25D17/06 ,  F25D25/02

Abstract: A refrigerator including a refrigerator main body having a refrigerating chamber therein, a cold air passage duct disposed within the refrigerator main body and provided with a cold air passage therein to discharge the cold air into the refrigerating chamber, a control case coupled to one surface of the cold air discharge duct and having a cold air discharge opening through which the cold air is discharged, and a shutter disposed between the cold air passage duct and the control case, and reciprocally movable in one direction to open and close at least part of the cold air discharge opening, and a knob link rotatably connected to the cold air passage duct to press the shutter such that the shutter is reciprocally movable.

公开(公告)号：US09750382B2

公开(公告)日：2017-09-05

申请号：US14583954

申请日：2014-12-29

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Bongju Kim ,  Suuk Choe ,  Sunghun Lee

IPC: A47L9/28 ,  A47L11/40 ,  G05D1/00

CPC classification number: A47L11/4011 ,  A47L9/009 ,  A47L9/1409 ,  A47L9/2805 ,  A47L9/2873 ,  A47L9/2894 ,  A47L2201/022 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  A47L2201/06 ,  G05D1/0044 ,  G05D2201/0203

Abstract: A robot cleaner includes a case, a suction device provided in the case, a suction nozzle for sucking dust from a floor by driving of the suction device, a dust collection device for collecting foreign substances contained in the air sucked via the suction nozzle, a driving unit for allowing the case to drive automatically, a controller for controlling the driving of the suction device and the driving unit, and for generating cleaning history information comprising map information on a cleaning area and moving path information, a memory unit for storing the cleaning history information; and a wireless communication module provided in the case to transmit the cleaning history information to the external terminal, when the external terminal asks the cleaning history information.

公开(公告)号：US11759075B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-19

申请号：US17076608

申请日：2020-10-21

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Sangyeol Park ,  Sunghun Lee

IPC: A47L9/28 ,  A47L9/30 ,  G05D1/02 ,  G06V20/10 ,  G06V20/58 ,  G06F18/241 ,  H04N23/54 ,  H04N23/57 ,  A47L9/00

CPC classification number: A47L9/2805 ,  A47L9/009 ,  A47L9/2852 ,  A47L9/30 ,  G05D1/0246 ,  G05D1/0253 ,  G06F18/241 ,  G06V20/10 ,  G06V20/58 ,  H04N23/54 ,  H04N23/57 ,  A47L2201/00 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  G05D2201/0203 ,  G05D2201/0215

Abstract: A cleaner performing autonomous traveling includes a main body, a driving unit moving the main body, a camera capturing an image around the main body at every preset period, and a controller selecting at least one of a plurality of traveling modes and controlling the driving unit and the camera to perform the selected traveling mode, wherein the controller changes a set value related to illumination of the camera while the camera is continuously capturing images.

公开(公告)号：US11573050B2

公开(公告)日：2023-02-07

申请号：US17285402

申请日：2019-10-17

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Sunghun Lee

IPC: F25D25/02 ,  A47B88/90 ,  A47B88/457

Abstract: A refrigerator includes: a cabinet having a storage space; a door including a door unit configured to open or close the storage space and a drawer unit to provide a receiving space; a driving device disposed at the door unit and including a driving motor to provide power; and an elevation device disposed at the drawer unit, connected with the driving device, and configured to move up or down, the elevation device includes: a lower frame; an upper frame positioned over the lower frame; a scissor assembly configured to connect the lower frame and the upper frame; and a screw rotatably supported on the lower frame, configured to be rotated by driving force transmitted from the driving device disposed at the door unit, and connected with the scissor assembly.

公开(公告)号：US11408662B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-09

申请号：US16509191

申请日：2019-07-11

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Sunghun Lee ,  Yoonseong Nam

IPC: F25D11/02 ,  F25D17/04 ,  F25D17/06 ,  F25D25/02

Abstract: A refrigerator including a refrigerator main body having a refrigerating chamber therein, a cold air passage duct provided within the refrigerator main body and having a cold air passage therein to discharge the cold air into the refrigerating chamber, a control case attached to one surface of the cold air discharge duct and having a cold air discharge opening through which the cold air is discharged, and a knob provided between the cold air passage duct and the control case and attached to the control case to be reciprocally movable in one direction, the knob opening and closing at least part of the cold air discharge opening.

公开(公告)号：US10143349B2

公开(公告)日：2018-12-04

申请号：US15017306

申请日：2016-02-05

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Bongju Kim ,  Suuk Choe ,  Sunghun Lee

IPC: A47L11/00 ,  A47L11/40 ,  A47L9/28 ,  G05D1/00 ,  A47L9/00 ,  A47L9/14

Abstract: A robot cleaner includes a case, a suction device provided in the case, a suction nozzle for sucking dust from a floor by driving of the suction device, a dust collection device for collecting foreign substances contained in the air sucked via the suction nozzle, a driving unit for allowing the case to drive automatically, a controller for controlling the driving of the suction device and the driving unit, and for generating cleaning history information comprising map information on a cleaning area and moving path information, a memory unit for storing the cleaning history information; and a wireless communication module provided in the case to transmit the cleaning history information to the external terminal, when the external terminal requests the cleaning history information.

公开(公告)号：US09782050B2

公开(公告)日：2017-10-10

申请号：US14733604

申请日：2015-06-08

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Bongju Kim ,  Sunghun Lee ,  Ilsoo Cho

IPC: A47L11/40 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G06K9/20 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G06T7/00 ,  G08B13/196

CPC classification number: A47L11/4011 ,  A47L2201/022 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  A47L2201/06 ,  G05D1/0094 ,  G05D2201/0203 ,  G06K9/00664 ,  G06K9/00805 ,  G06K9/2054 ,  G06T7/97 ,  G06T2207/30261 ,  G08B13/1966 ,  Y10S901/01

Abstract: A method of controlling a robot cleaner includes recognizing information on a monitoring standby position by a robot cleaner, moving to the monitoring standby position at a monitoring start time by the robot cleaner, acquiring an image, by an image acquisition unit of the robot cleaner, at the monitoring standby position, determining whether an event has occurred, by the robot cleaner, based on the image acquired by the image acquisition unit, transmitting the image acquired by the image acquisition unit to an external remote terminal when it is determined that the event occurred.

公开(公告)号：US12135449B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-05

申请号：US17588646

申请日：2022-01-31

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Sunghun Lee ,  Hoon Kim ,  Minki Kim ,  Jihoon Park

IPC: F21V8/00 ,  F25C5/20 ,  F25D23/12 ,  F25D27/00

Abstract: Provided is a lighting assembly including an upper body that defines a top surface thereof; a lower body coupled to a lower portion of the upper body and defining a bottom surface thereof; a light diffusion member coupled to the upper body and the lower body, the light diffusion member including a first surface facing the upper body, a second surface facing the lower body, and a third surface that has a curved surface and is exposed to an outside of the light diffusion member; a light guide made of a light transmissive material, the light guide being in contact with the light diffusion member; and a light-emitting diode (LED) disposed to face a surface of the light guide.

公开(公告)号：US11015858B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-25

申请号：US15250444

申请日：2016-08-29

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Sunghun Lee

IPC: F25D17/04 ,  F25D11/02 ,  F25D17/06 ,  F25D25/02 ,  F25D29/00

Abstract: A refrigerator and a cold air flow rate monitoring system for the refrigerator, the refrigerator including a main body having a refrigerating chamber therein, a cold air passage duct disposed within the main body and provided with a cold air passage therein, a control case coupled to the cold air passage duct and provided with a cold air discharge opening, a knob installed on the control case and opening and closing at least part of the cold air discharge opening in a manner of reciprocally moving in one direction, and a sensing unit provided with a conductive member mounted on the knob and a circuit portion provided on the control case, and configured to sense relative position of the knob with respect to the control case to acquire information related to an opening and closing amount of the cold air discharge opening.

公开(公告)号：US10941597B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-09

申请号：US16752380

申请日：2020-01-24

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Sunghun Lee ,  Dongjeong Kim ,  Jinho Chang

IPC: E05D3/16 ,  F25D23/02 ,  E05F1/00 ,  E05D3/14 ,  E05F15/616

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a storage compartment, a refrigerator door configured to open and close the storage compartment, a hinge assembly configured to couple the refrigerator door to the cabinet. The hinge assembly includes a first link rotatably coupled to the cabinet and a second link rotatably coupled to the refrigerator door. The refrigerator further includes a door opening device provided at the cabinet, and the door opening device includes a pushing member configured to push one of the first link or the second link to thereby open the refrigerator door.