US Patent Issued to LG INNOTEK on March 11 for "Method and apparatus for controlling wireless power transmission" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,850, issued on March 11, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus for controlling wireless power transmission" was invented by Yu Ri Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Yong Il Kwon (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless power transmitter of transmitting power to a wireless power receiver, including a controller configured to determine whether a foreign object is present in a charging area of the wireless power transmitter; and a transmission part configured to transmit a wireless power according to whether the foreign object is present, wherein the controller receives a signal...