Hitachi, Ltd.

Tomoyuki Marui

Kei Yonezawa

Masami Takahashi

Takafumi Ebara

Kazumi Rissen

Shoji Kawai

Yoshihito Nasu

Charging equipment and a charge control unit are provided, in which a plurality of devices mounted with battery can be simultaneously charged by the single charging equipment. Further, a method of controlling charge and a method of receiving charge are also provided. The charging equipment supplies electric power to the battery for charging, comprising a power output part which outputs DC power used for charging, a plurality of user operation units which can be connected with a vehicle equipped with a battery as a device mounted with battery, and the charge control unit which controls a power supply from the power output part to the user operation unit. Herein, the charge control unit distributes the electric power outputted from the power output part to supply the distributed power to the user operation unit connected with the vehicle.

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Owariasahi, Japan

Tomoyuki Marui