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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2003
Jae Yoo Yoo, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Chel Woong Lee, Seoul, KR;
Ji Won Sung, Seoul, KR;
Hyuk Lee, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus and a method are disclosed for controlling operation of a compressor capable of greatly decreasing a stroke estimation error of a compressor and controlling operation of the compressor accurately and precisely. The method includes calculating a first stroke estimation value of a compressor on the basis of current, a voltage applied to a motor of a compressor and preset parameters of the motor. Detecting a counter electromotive force of the motor and calculating a second stroke estimation value of the compressor on the basis of the detected counter electromotive force value. Determining a new stroke reference value by comparing the first stroke estimation value with the second stroke estimation value, adding or subtracting a stroke compensation value corresponding to the comparison result to or from a preset stroke reference value, and controlling a stroke of the compressor by varying a voltage applied to the motor on the basis of the determined stroke reference value and the first stroke estimation value.