An induction heating device comprising: a loading plate for placing a loaded object thereon, the loading plate having at least one heating region; at least one working coil disposed below the loading plate , wherein the working coil corresponds to a heating region; a loaded-object sensor disposed in a central region of the working coil ; and a control unit configured to determine whether a loaded object having an inductive heating property is placed on the heating region by means of inductive sensing using the loaded-object sensor corresponding to the heating region and current sensing using the working coil corresponding to the heating region, characterized in that: upon determination from the inductive sensing result that a loaded object having inductive heating property is placed on the heating region, the control unit is configured to perform the current sensing of the corresponding loaded object using the corresponding working coil , wherein only upon determination that a loaded object having inductive heating property is placed on the heating region from the current sensing result, the control unit is configured to perform a heating operation of the loaded object by the corresponding working coil , wherein an amount of consumed power for the inductive sensing is set to be smaller than an amount of consumed power amount for the current sensing. a loading plate for placing a loaded object thereon, the loading plate having at least one heating region; at least one working coil disposed below the loading plate , wherein the working coil corresponds to a heating region; a loaded-object sensor disposed in a central region of the working coil ; and a control unit configured to determine whether a loaded object having an inductive heating property is placed on the heating region by means of inductive sensing using the loaded-object sensor corresponding to the heating region and current sensing using the working coil corresponding to the heating region, characterized in that: upon determination from the inductive sensing result that a loaded object having inductive heating property is placed on the heating region, the control unit is configured to perform the current sensing of the corresponding loaded object using the corresponding working coil , wherein only upon determination that a loaded object having inductive heating property is placed on the heating region from the current sensing result, the control unit is configured to perform a heating operation of the loaded object by the corresponding working coil , wherein an amount of consumed power for the inductive sensing is set to be smaller than an amount of consumed power amount for the current sensing. upon determination from the inductive sensing result that a loaded object having inductive heating property is placed on the heating region, the control unit is configured to perform the current sensing of the corresponding loaded object using the corresponding working coil , wherein only upon determination that a loaded object having inductive heating property is placed on the heating region from the current sensing result, the control unit is configured to perform a heating operation of the loaded object by the corresponding working coil , wherein an amount of consumed power for the inductive sensing is set to be smaller than an amount of consumed power amount for the current sensing. <EOS>