METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION

A method of transmitting power of a wireless power transmitter, including a phase of transmitting a detection signal to a wireless power receiver through a transmission coil to detect that the wireless power receiver is present; a phase of identifying a transmission coil that has received a signal strength indicator transmitted from the wireless power receiver in response to the detection signal; a phase of selecting the transmission coil that has received the signal strength indicator as a power transmission coil; a phase of receiving an FOD status packet from a wireless power receiver; a first determination phase of determining whether a foreign object is present in a charging area of the wireless power transmitter based on the FOD status packet; and a power control phase of controlling power transmission in a first power transfer mode when it is determined in the first determination phase that the foreign object is present in the charging area, or controlling the power transmission in a second power transfer mode when it is determined in the first determination phase that the foreign object is not present in the charging area.