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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2016
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hidenori Shiba, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/007 (2013.01); H02J 7/0045 (2013.01); H02J 7/00034 (2020.01); H02J 7/00045 (2020.01);
Abstract
An electronic device includes a charge unit that charges a battery included in a battery device with power from a connected external device, an authentication unit that authenticates the battery device, a storage unit that stores a last authentication result by the authentication unit of the battery device, and a control unit that controls a charging method by the charge unit based on the authentication result stored in the storage unit and a type of the external device when a voltage level of the battery reaches a first voltage level.