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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2017
Wits Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, KR;
Soon Tack Oh, Suwon-si, KR;
Byoung Woo Ryu, Suwon-si, KR;
Ji Hoon Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Young Seung Roh, Suwon-si, KR;
WITS Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A power transmitter includes: a first resonator configured to wirelessly supply power to a power receiver and having an impedance that changes in response to a foreign material being proximate to the power transmitter; a second resonator having an impedance that changes in response to the foreign material being proximate to the power receiver; and controller configured to select either one of the first resonator and the second resonator in response to a wireless charging control, and to determine whether the foreign material is proximate to the power transmitter, based on a change in the impedance of the selected one of the first resonator and the second resonator.