US 11,926,951 B2
Apparatus for controlling motor and method for controlling motor
Ki Wook Lee, Seoul (KR); Han Su Jung, Seoul (KR); and Kwang Sik Kim, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/544,238.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0178339 (KR), filed on Dec. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0195655 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. D06F 39/02 (2006.01); D06F 34/08 (2020.01); D06F 37/30 (2020.01); H02P 27/04 (2016.01); H02P 27/06 (2006.01); D06F 103/46 (2020.01)
CPC D06F 37/304 (2013.01) [D06F 34/08 (2020.02); H02P 27/045 (2013.01); H02P 27/06 (2013.01); D06F 2103/46 (2020.02)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A motor control apparatus comprising:
an inverter configured to convert a direct current (DC) input into an alternating current (AC) output, and to provide the AC output to a motor; and
a controller configured to control the inverter in relation to driving the motor,
wherein the controller is configured to control the inverter to apply a first pattern voltage having a same phase to the motor and to apply a second pattern voltage having different phases to the motor.