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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2006
Fumihiro Sunda, Nagoya, JP;
Fumihiro Sunda, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A telephone including: a telephone main unit incorporating a battery and having: a standby state determination unit that determines whether or not the telephone main unit is in a standby state; a battery voltage detection unit that detects voltage across input and output sides of the battery; a voltage determination unit that determines, when the standby state determination unit determines that the telephone main unit is in the standby state, whether or not the detection voltage detected by the battery voltage detection unit exceeds a threshold voltage set based on a voltage when the battery is normally connected; and a warning unit that issues a warning to the effect that power cannot be supplied from the battery when the voltage determination unit determines that the detection voltage exceeds the threshold voltage; and a charger that supplies power to the battery.