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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 30, 2013
Applicant:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Kazuyoshi Takemura, Tokyo, JP;

Satoshi Konya, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 9/00 (2006.01); H02J 9/04 (2006.01); H04B 3/54 (2006.01); H02J 9/06 (2006.01); G08C 17/00 (2006.01); H02J 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 9/04 (2013.01); G08C 17/00 (2013.01); H02J 1/10 (2013.01); H02J 9/061 (2013.01); H04B 3/54 (2013.01); Y10T 307/625 (2015.04);
Abstract

There is provided a control apparatus including: a determination unit configured to determine whether a control target apparatus drivable with first power supplied from an external power supply and second power supplied from a battery is driven with the second power, on the basis of a supply state of the first power and a transmission signal acquired via a power line from an external communication apparatus connected to the power line through which the first power is transmitted; and a target control unit configured to drive the control target apparatus with the second power when the control target apparatus is determined to be driven with the second power.


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