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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2016
Fdk Corporation, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Yasunari Mizoguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Hirohito Teraoka, Tokyo, JP;
Kunihisa Sekiguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuki Tsuchiya, Tokyo, JP;
Kevin Foster, Tokyo, JP;
FDK CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A charger of the present invention includes a charging circuit that allows a secondary battery to be charged, a state-of-charge detection circuit that detects a state of charge of the secondary battery, a pictogram display unit that displays the state of charge of the secondary battery, and a control device that controls the charging circuit and the pictogram display unit on the basis of the state of charge of the secondary battery. The control device determines a kind of electronic apparatus available by the secondary battery in accordance with the state of charge of the secondary battery, and then displays the kind of electronic apparatus available on the pictogram display unit.