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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2019
Applicants:
Naoto Asakura, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshitaka Kimura, Tokyo, JP;
Teruyuki Takei, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Naoto Asakura, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshitaka Kimura, Tokyo, JP;
Teruyuki Takei, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23241 (2013.01); H04N 5/23245 (2013.01); H04N 5/3698 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic device includes a power supply and a power supply circuit. The power supply circuit is configured to alternately switch a state of the electronic device between a first state to supply power to another device and a second state to receive power from said another device, and stop a switching operation of the state of the electronic device when the electronic device is off, to fix the state of the electronic device to one of the first state and the second state.