ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,932, issued on July 29, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method for detecting foreign material, and device and system therefor" was invented by Jae Hee Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Yong Il Kwon (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of transmitting power by a wireless power transmitter, the method including sequentially transmitting a sensing signal a plurality of times to a wireless power receiver through a plurality of transmission coils to sense the presence of the wireless power receiver; identifying transmission coils that receive a signal strength indictor transmitted by the wirel...