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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2019
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Matsuo, Osaka, JP;
Tetsuro Sawai, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A method for controlling a power transmitting device includes moving, if a mobile member holds a metal foreign object, the metal foreign object from a position overlapping a power transmitting coil to a position not overlapping the power transmitting coil by moving the mobile member from the position overlapping the power transmitting coil to a position not overlapping the power transmitting coil before the power transmitting coil begins to transmit power, causing the power transmitting coil to output the power, and moving, if another metal foreign object comes to a position overlapping the power transmitting coil when the mobile member is located at the position not overlapping the power transmitting coil, the other metal foreign object to a position not overlapping the power transmitting coil by returning the mobile member to the position overlapping the power transmitting coil in the state where the mobile member holds the foreign matter.