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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 1997
Filed:
May. 22, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Junya Masaki, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340636 ; 323906 ; 324433 ; 320 48 ;
Abstract
A device for determining a state of electricity generation of a solar battery and an apparatus, such as a camera, including such a device are disclosed. The device comprises a first circuit for connecting different loads to the solar battery, and a second circuit for determining a state of electricity generation of the solar battery in accordance with a state of a load current of the solar battery relative to the different loads.