The transmission control unit 112 determines whether or not the detected attenuation factor exceeds a predetermined reference attenuation factor (S13). The transmission control unit 112 temporarily suspends the operation of the LC resonant circuit of the wireless power transmitter 100 when the wireless power transmitter 100 exists alone without the external metal material 300 and the wireless power receiver 200, and then detects an attenuation factor of resonant energy of the LC resonant circuit of the wireless power transmitter 100 in advance, wherein the predetermined reference attenuation factor is defined as the attenuation factor detected in advance.
When the detected attenuation factor exceeds the predetermined reference attenuation factor, the transmission control unit 112 determines that the external metal material 300 is detected (S14).
When the external metal material 300 is detected, the transmission control unit 112 generates information (for example, error code) indicating that the external metal material 300 has been detected, and displays the information on the display unit 141 (S15).
On the contrary, when the detected attenuation factor does not exceeds the predetermined reference attenuation factor, the transmission control unit 112 periodically performs a method of determining the existence or non-existence of the external metal material 300.