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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2020
Applicant:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Inventors:
Yasuhiro Shimamura, Nagoya, JP;
Hajime Usami, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/28 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00888 (2013.01); G06F 1/266 (2013.01); G06F 1/28 (2013.01); H02J 7/0068 (2013.01); H04N 1/00907 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0072 (2013.01);
Abstract
A CPU of an MFP receives battery information from a first external device via a first interface, determines whether a total amount of electric power supplied to a plurality of interfaces from a power supply is maintained, and reduces an amount of the electric power supplied to the first external device via the first interface in a case where determining that the first external device has no battery based on the battery information in response to determining that the total amount of the electric power supplied to the plurality of the interfaces from the power supply is not maintained.