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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:
Dec. 31, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 17, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Akira Ichimura, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/78 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/78 ;
Abstract
A battery-powered communications apparatus has a communications unit and an additional function unit. The additional function unit is controlled in dependence upon residual battery capacity in such a manner that the communications unit can be used until a time set by the a time setting unit.