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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Seog Tae Kim, Kyongsangnam-do, KR;
Assignee:
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 1/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 1/02 ;
Abstract
Device and method for controlling a heater in a cooker, the device including a plurality of heaters, a relay part for supplying/cutting off a power applied to the heaters, a current detecting part for detecting a current value applied to the heaters, and a controller for controlling the relay part according to the current value detected at the current detecting part and a preset current value, to adjust a preset heater operation time period for the present cooking, thereby improving a quality of cooking by solving a deviation of operation power caused by variation of heaters and/or power by compensating the cooking time period.