Lg Electronics Inc.

Koonseok Lee

Jonghee Han

Daewoong Kim

Hoyoung Kim

Hoonbong Lee

Yanghwan Kim

Daegeun Seo

Dalho Cheong

Seogho Go

Donghyun Kim

Seungje Park

Hyunwook Moon

Junho Ahn

Bongmun Jang

Joongkeun Lee

Sangjin Park

Woonghyun Lee

Moonseok Seo

Kyungeun Jo

Sangil Hwang

Yongtae Kim

Kangwoon Cheon

Jungho Ahn

Wansoo Kim

Jinseok Hu

Minchel Kim

Kuyoung Son

Sunghun Sim

Hyoungjun Park

Heungsik Choi

Yongwoon Jang

Hyunsang Kim

Daeyong Kang

Hyunho Oh

Shinjae Jeong

Seonghwan Kang

Jeongsang Seo

Sangwook Seo

Daehwan Park

Sunhee Kang

Jinseong Hwang

Won-Chul Choi

Yongtae Kwon

Jaehyeok Choi

Jae Jun You

Munseok Seo

Yeongjoo Cheon

Wonchul Jeong

Donghun Youn

Euihyeok Kwon

Haeyong Kang

Young Doo Kim

Hyunjung Kwak

Sangseog Kang

Younghyun Kang

Youngtae Kwon

Jaekuk Kwon

Byeongho Min

Kicheol Shin

Chulkyu Park

Jeongwon Lee

Dongchun Shin

Taeyun Lim

Juyoung Cha

Sungyong Heo

Jinyul Hu

Yonghun Kim

Eunkyung Seo

Younghyo Son

Sangmin Yeo

Hoseon Choi

Gilsup Jeong

Deagui Lee

Younghoon Joo

Munho Choi

Wookjin Lee

Jimoon Jung

Proposed is a blender in which when the closure of a container lid of a container body is detected, a main body operates. In the blender, when the closure of the container lid of the container body is detected, current is transmitted from a first conductor set of the main body to a second conductor set of the container body, and when the current transmitted through the second conductor set is detected, the main body recognizes the closure of the container lid of the container body and operates.

Blender

An apparatus and a method may control a compressor. The apparatus may control a motor (included in a compressor) such that the motor quickly repeats turn-on and turn-off operations in a cooling power supply time period/section, thereby enabling the compressor to compress refrigerant in the cooling power supply time period/section. Thus, cooling power of a refrigerator may change while the compressor operates with maximum efficiency.

Apparatus and method for controlling compressor

A hub device providing a diagnostic function and a diagnostic method using the same are disclosed. The hub device includes: a communication unit receiving a first type of data from plural service devices to transmit the first type of data to an access point device and receiving a second type of data from the access point device to transmit the second type of data to at least one of the service devices; and a controller controlling the communication unit and performing diagnosis for the service devices and the access point device.

Hub device with diagnostic function and diagnostic method using the same

Disclosed is an automatic registration system for home appliances, which may simplify the process of registering a home appliance using a gateway. The automatic registration system for home appliances includes a home appliance that automatically accesses a gateway using a password that is generated based on an SSID of the gateway; accordingly, the user does not feel that home appliance registration is cumbersome because the user itself does not need to connect a gateway and a home appliance.

System and method for registering home appliances via a gateway using a password generated based on a service set identifier (SSID) of the gateway

Provided is a network system. The network system includes: at least one unit selected from an energy receiving unit receiving energy and an energy management unit managing the energy receiving unit. An energy usage amount or energy usage rate of the energy receiving unit is adjusted; an energy usage amount or usage rate when the unit is controlled based on information relating to at least an energy rate is less than that when the unit is controlled without the base of information relating to at least an energy rate; the energy receiving unit comprises a plurality of components; and an operation of one component among the plurality of components is controlled based on the energy rate related information.

Network system

A communication apparatus is disclosed. A home appliance includes a driving unit to drive a component of the home appliance, a controller configured to control the driving unit, a display to display a network connection related indicator and a smart grid related indicator, and a communication unit to connect to an access point apparatus, the communication unit to connect to a server via the connected access point apparatus, and the communication unit to receive a power information signal from the server, wherein the controller to control operation of the driving unit based on the received power information signal. Accordingly, it is possible to conveniently recognize a smart grid mode.

Home applicance with smart grid interface

A communication apparatus is disclosed. A home appliance includes a driving unit to drive a component of the home appliance, a controller configured to control the driving unit, and a communication unit to connect to an access point apparatus based on network related information, and the communication unit to connect to a server via the connected access point apparatus, wherein in response to a predetermined event, the communication unit to provide, to the server, a single data packet that includes a plurality of attribute data and values of the attribute data. Accordingly, it is possible to easily exchange data with the server.

Home appliance

A communication apparatus is disclosed. A home appliance includes a driving unit to drive a component of the home appliance, a controller configured to control the driving unit, a communication unit configured to provide network setup related information to an access point apparatus, to receive network related information from the access point apparatus, to access the access point apparatus after receiving the network related information, and to provide, to a server, after accessing the access point apparatus, product related information for product registration, and a memory configured to store the received network related information. Accordingly, it is possible to conveniently perform product registration of the home appliance.

Provided is a component for a network system. The component for a network system which is communicable with the other component includes a communication unit for communicating with the other component, an input part for inputting a command related to an operation of the component, and a control part for controlling the operation of the component. The component includes a power saving function in which the component is operable on the basis of energy information.

Component for a network system including a power saving function

A network system is provided. The network system includes: at least one component selected from an energy receiving unit receiving energy and an energy management unit managing the energy receiving unit. The energy receiving unit or the energy management unit receives energy rate related information; an energy usage amount or a usage rate of when the component is controlled on the basis of at least the energy rate related information is less than that of when the component is controlled without the basis of at least energy rate related information; if the energy rate related information is high cost information, a function of one component constituting the energy receiving unit is limited; and an operating time or an output of the energy receiving unit is adjusted in correspondence to the limited function of one component.

Consumption unit for effectively managing energy sources

A component for a network system is provided. The component includes an information notification part capable of notifying of one or more pieces of certain information among energy information, additional information except the energy information, and new information based on one or more the energy information and the additional information and a control unit controlling the information notification part. The information notification part notifies of the certain information when satisfying conditions for notifying of the certain information.

Component for network system

Provided is a network system for a component capable of effectively managing an energy source.

Network system for a component

A network system includes at least one unit selected from between an energy consumption unit receiving energy and an energy management unit managing the energy consumption unit, wherein an energy usage amount or an energy usage cost of the energy consumption unit are controllable, and the energy usage amount or the energy usage cost when the unit is controlled based on information associated with at least an energy cost is smaller than an energy usage amount or an energy usage cost when the unit is controlled without using the information related to at least the energy cost, and a display device detachably coupled to the energy consumption unit, wherein availability of the display device is determined according to a communication signal transmitted to the energy receiving unit.

A network system is provided. The network system includes: at least one component of an energy supply unit supplying energy and an energy management unit managing the energy supply unit. An amount of energy used or energy charge of the energy supply unit is adjustable. An amount of energy used or energy charge when the component is controlled on the basis of information related to at least usage charge may be less than that when the component is controlled not on the basis of the information related to at least usage charge. Also, the energy supply unit has a power saving mode to determine a driving method or a driving time of the energy supply unit on the basis of the information related to energy charge.

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Seoul, South Korea

Koonseok Lee