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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:
May. 16, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 26, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yukio Odaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J / ; G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
320106 ; 396205 ; 396206 ;
Abstract
An electronic apparatus capable of selectively using a plurality of kinds of batteries includes a battery discriminating circuit for making a discrimination of the kind of the battery used, and a current change-over circuit for changing over a supply current of the battery used, in accordance with a result of the discrimination made by the battery discriminating circuit.