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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroshi Moritomo, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0021 (2013.01); H02J 7/0044 (2013.01); H02J 2007/0001 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic device includes a power supply unit that supplies power received from an external apparatus to the electronic device, a first authentication unit that performs an authentication process for the external apparatus with power supplied from the power supply unit, a second authentication unit that performs an authentication process for a battery with power supplied from the power supply unit when authentication by the first authentication unit has succeeded, and a charging unit that initiates charging the battery with power supplied by the power supply unit when authentication by the second authentication unit has succeeded.