US Patent Issued to LG INNOTEK on Nov. 18 for "Method for detecting foreign material, and device and system therefor" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,495, issued on Nov. 18, 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 wireless power transmitter that transmits power to a wireless power receiver, the wireless power transmitter including a communication unit configured to communicate with the wireless power receiver; and a controller, wherein the communication unit receives a plurality of packets including a foreign object detection (FOD) status packet from the wireless power recei...