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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1998
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electronic apparatus capable of using power sources of different kinds each having a different characteristic is provided with an apparatus for controlling the operating mode of the electronic apparatus on the basis of the discrimination result provided by a discriminating switch, the discriminating switch being provided for discriminating the kind of a power source by means of the configuration of the electrodes of the power source. The electrodes of each kind of power sources is formed to have a different configuration. A recording or reproducing apparatus is also disclosed which controls the execution or non-execution of erasing operation in accordance with the result of discrimination of the kinds of power sources. In addition, a recording or reproducing apparatus is disclosed which is provided with an auto shut-off circuit for automatically shutting off the operation of a power source if an inoperative state continues for a predetermined time or more and which controls, in accordance with the result of discrimination of the kind of a power source, a set time period which elapses until an auto shut-off operation is started.