| CPC H02J 50/60 (2016.02) [G01N 27/02 (2013.01); G01R 27/26 (2013.01); H02J 3/02 (2013.01); H02J 7/00308 (2020.01); H02J 7/02 (2013.01); H02J 13/00001 (2020.01); H02J 50/12 (2016.02); H02J 7/00045 (2020.01)] | 6 Claims |

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1. A wireless power transmitter that transmits power to a wireless power receiver, the wireless power transmitter comprising:
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 receiver,
wherein the controller determines whether a foreign object is present in a charging area of the wireless power transmitter on the basis of the FOD status packet,
wherein the communication unit transmits, to the wireless power receiver, a response signal indicating whether the foreign object is present in the charging area of the wireless power transmitter on the basis of a result of the determination,
wherein the response signal is determined using a measured peak frequency of a power signal transmitted by the wireless power transmitter and a reference peak frequency included in the FOD status packet received from the wireless power receiver,
wherein each of the plurality of packets includes a preamble, a header, a message, and a checksum for identifying whether an error occurs in each packet,
wherein the header is configured to identify a type of the each packet, and
wherein the measured peak frequency is measured by the wireless power transmitter before a ping phase.
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