The Wireless Power Consortium dealing with technologies for magnetic induction type wireless power transfer released a standard document “System description Wireless Power Transfer, Volume 1, Low Power, Part 1: Interface Definition, Version 1.00 Release Candidate 1 (RC1)” for interoperability in the wireless power transfer on Apr. 12, 2010. The standard document of the Wireless Power Consortium describes a scheme of transferring power from a wireless power transmitter to a wireless power receiver in a magnetic induction mode.
An object of the present disclosure is to provide a wireless power transmitter capable of detecting whether or not there exists an external metal material as well as detecting an amount of power consumed by the external metal material, and a control method thereof.
Furthermore, another object of the present disclosure is to provide a wireless power transmitter capable of detecting various information associated with an external material, and a control method thereof.
In addition, still another object of the present disclosure is to provide a wireless power transmitter capable of safely performing one-to-one communication, and a control method thereof.