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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2018
Applicant:
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Inventor:
Jeashik Heo, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 6/06 (2006.01); H05B 6/12 (2006.01); F24C 7/06 (2006.01); F24C 7/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 6/062 (2013.01); F24C 7/067 (2013.01); F24C 7/082 (2013.01); H05B 6/1218 (2013.01); H05B 6/1272 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is an induction cooking apparatus including a heating part including a working coil forming a heating region and configured to heat a container placed in the heating region, an inverter configured to supply a driving voltage to the working coil, a plurality of sensing coils arranged along a circumferential portion of the working coil and sensing the container placed in the heating region, and a controller configured to determine whether to drive the inverter on the basis of information acquired from the plurality of sensing coils.