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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Kawamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A powered device receives power from at least one of a first power supply and a second power supply having a voltage higher than a voltage of the first power supply. The powered device includes a first load unit, a second load unit electrically separated from the first load unit, and a changing unit configured to supply power from the first power supply to the first load unit and the second load unit in a case where the first power supply is connected to the powered device and the second power supply is not connected to the powered device, and supply power from the second power supply to the first load unit and from the first power supply to the second load unit in a case where the first power supply and the second power supply are connected to the powered device.