Wireless power transmission apparatus, and method, performed by wireless power transmission apparatus, of identifying location of cooking appliance

A wireless power transmission apparatus, comprising:

• a plurality of cooking zones;
• a communication interface configured to communicate with a cooking appliance;
• an output interface configured to display information regarding the cooking appliance;
• a wireless power transmitter comprising a plurality of working coils corresponding to the plurality of cooking zones, and an inverter circuit configured to drive the plurality of working coils;
• and
• at least one processor configured to:
• control, upon detecting a first wireless communication signal transmitted from the cooking appliance through the communication interface , the inverter circuit to drive the plurality of working coils to generate a magnetic field according to a plurality of power transmission patterns that are different,
• receive a second wireless communication signal from the cooking appliance through the communication interface, the second wireless communication signal comprising information regarding a cooking zone, among the plurality of cooking zones, corresponding to a power transmission pattern detected at a location of the cooking appliance, among the plurality of power transmission patterns, and identification information regarding the cooking appliance;
• and
• control the output interface to output, based on the second wireless communication signal, the information regarding the cooking zone at the location of the cooking appliance, among the plurality of cooking zones, and the identification information regarding the cooking appliance.