Sony Corporation

Hideki Nakajou

Takeshi Miura

Minoru Doura

A battery pack including a secondary battery is coupled to an electronic device to behave as a power source of the electronic device. The battery pack comprises a plus terminal (EB+) and a minus terminal (EB-) for supplying a current to the electronic device, a communication terminal (DATAB) for exchanging data with the electronic device, a connection terminal (BATTINB) connected to said electronic device when the plus terminal and the minus terminal are properly connected to the electronic device, battery status measuring elements (6, 7) for measuring the temperature and the voltage of the secondary battery, and CPU (1) for establishing one of operation modes in response to the voltages at the communication terminal and the connection terminal.

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Tokyo, Japan

Hideki Nakajou