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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yacine El Kolli, Rennes, FR;
Pascal LaGrange, La Chapelle des Fougeretz, FR;
Hervé Merlet, Servon-sur-Vilaine, FR;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A power management module for managing power supply from a power sourcing equipment item to an associated apparatus, which includes a connexion interface suitable for connecting the power management module to the associated apparatus for estimating a power that the power management module is able to supply via the connexion interface, negotiating, based on the power estimated by the means for estimating power, the start-up of the associated apparatus in a power class, the means for negotiating comprising means for supplying power via the connexion interface, determining an updated power that the power management module is able to supply, when power is supplied to the associated apparatus by said means for supplying power, and re-negotiating the start-up of the associated apparatus based on the determined updated power.