US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on Nov. 3 for "Induction heating apparatus and method for controlling induction heating apparatus" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,033, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Induction heating apparatus and method for controlling induction heating apparatus" was invented by Wongyu Park (Seoul, South Korea), Bada Yoon (Seoul, South Korea) and Kyelyong Kang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method for controlling an induction heating apparatus comprising steps of determining whether a container detection start condition is satisfied; performing a first container detection operation for a heating area when the container detection start condition is satisfied; performing a second container detection operation...