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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2019
Applicant:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Teruyuki Takei, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshitaka Kimura, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Naoto Asakura, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); G01R 31/382 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/007 (2013.01); G01R 31/382 (2019.01); H02J 7/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A power supply device includes a battery and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to estimate a tendency of consumption of the battery and put the power supply device into one of a first state in which the power supply device can supply electric power to another device and a second state in which the power supply device can receive electric power from said another device, in accordance with the tendency of consumption of the battery estimated.