Sony Corporation

Sony Mobile Communications Inc.

Seiko Epson Corporation

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Japan, Inc.

Mitsumi Electric Company Ltd.

Sony Mobile Communications Japan, Inc.

Sony Ericsson Mobile

Sony Group Corporation

Kuniharu Suzuki

Katsuya Suzuki

Hiroshi Kato

Manabu Yamazaki

Kota Onishi

Kentaro Yoda

Tamiji Nagai

Toshitaka Takei

Takahiro Kamijo

Yoichiro Kondo

Haruhiko Sogabe

Mikimoto Jin

Akira Ikeuchi

Daisuke Sakai

Kenichi Kasai

Kazuo Yamazaki

Yoshihide Majima

Takatoshi Itagaki

Itsuki Nakano

Hirotsugu Iijima

Kazunori Ozawa

Mikio Takenaka

Tamon Ikeda

Tadahisa Yamamoto

Kanjiro Shimizu

Yuto Takagi

Hidetoshi Akasawa

Koichi Jochi

Makoto Kamoshida

Tamijia Nagai

A temperature detection element is allowed to more accurately detect a temperature of a battery pack. A battery pack includes: a battery cell; a temperature detection element; and a thermally conductive member transferring heat of the battery cell to the temperature detection element.

Battery pack and electronic device

A power supply apparatus including a near-field wireless communication unit that wirelessly communicates with a plurality of communication terminals, a power transmission unit that sets a plurality of resonance frequencies to transfer power in a non-contact manner to each of the plurality of communication terminals, and a control unit that determines a priority level of each of the communication terminals based on identification information received from the communication terminals and determines an amount of power transmitted at each of the resonance frequencies based on the determined priority levels.

Power supply device, communication terminal device, and non-contact power transmission method

An apparatus may include a near field communication (NFC) antenna coil and a wireless power receiving coil. The NFC antenna coil and the receiving coil may be arranged on a magnetic sheet. The wireless power receiving coil may be concentrically disposed on the magnetic sheet within an inner periphery of the NFC antenna coil. An inner diameter of the wireless power receiving coil may be greater than or equal to an inner diameter of reference listener antenna coil RL-6, of the reference listener coils specified by the NFC forum.

Mobile device and combo coil module

A communication terminal that includes a wireless communication unit used to communicate with another communication terminal, a power transmitting unit that transmits contactless electric power to the another communication terminal, and a control unit that controls the wireless communication unit to transmit, to the another communication terminal, an instruction for receiving the contactless electric power transmitted from the power transmitting unit.

Communication terminal apparatus and method for supplying terminal power source

A charging device that includes a first battery charged at a first rate and a second battery that is charged at a second rate, which is faster than the first rate. The charging device includes an interface that receives electric power from a charger; a first switch disposed between the interface and the first battery; a second switch disposed between the second battery and the first battery; a battery voltage detection circuit that detects a voltage of the second battery; a charger detection circuit connected to the interface that detects whether power is being received from the charger; and a switch control circuit that controls the first switch and the second switch based on outputs of the charger detection circuit and the battery voltage detection circuit.

Power charging device and mobile terminal apparatus

A charging apparatus including a mounting portion on which a plurality of information processing apparatuses are mounted, a power transmission unit that transmits power in a non-contact manner to each of the plurality of information processing apparatuses placed on the mounting portion, and a control unit that receives a charge order instruction from at least one of the plurality of information processing apparatuses, and controls the power transmission unit to transmit power to each of the plurality of information processing apparatuses in an order determined based on the received charge order instruction.

Charging apparatus for charging a secondary battery with a wireless feeding method

A charging device including a first connector connected to a power source; a second connector connected an electronic device; a magnetic element connected to a magnet of the electronic device; a magnetic sensor that detects a magnetic force generated by the magnet of the electronic device; and a switch circuit disposed between the first connector and the second connector and that switches between an open state and a closed state based on an output of the magnetic sensor.

Charging device

When the charge level of a fully-charged rechargeable battery decreases due to quiescent power drain, in order to recharge it is necessary for the user to pick up and again place the mobile device in which the rechargeable battery is inserted onto a charging apparatus and issue instructions to start recharging. To address this issue, a charging controller applies control to disconnect a capacitor from a receiver coil with a switch in the case where the charge level of a rechargeable battery is equal to or greater than a given threshold value, and additionally applies control to connect the capacitor to the receiver coil with the switch in the case where the charge level of the rechargeable battery is less than the threshold value.

Mobile device and charging apparatus

An information processing apparatus including an internal battery device including a secondary battery; a load device configured to receive power from the secondary battery; a switch section disposed externally to the battery device and configured to generate a control signal for preventing dark current from flowing from the secondary battery to the load device; and a first switching element configured to cut off a power source path from the secondary battery to the load device based on the control signal generated by the switch section.

Preventing dark current flow in a mobile terminal

A battery pack includes at least one rechargeable battery configured to output power; a remaining battery capacity detection unit configured to detect a remaining battery capacity of the at least one rechargeable battery; and a cryptographic unit configured to output a response word in response to an external request word by encrypting the external request word based on a cryptographic algorithm with a common code key.

Electronic apparatus for authenticating a battery pack

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Tokyo, Japan

Kuniharu Suzuki