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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2004
Hidehiro Ogawa, Funabashi, JP;
Hidehiro Ogawa, Funabashi, JP;
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A battery capacity display device for an electronic apparatus, includes: a nonvolatile storage unit that stores information related to a remaining capacity in a rechargeable battery output from a battery module having the rechargeable battery and an arithmetic operation unit that calculates the information related to the remaining capacity in the rechargeable battery based upon a value of an electrical current flowing to the rechargeable battery; a display unit that displays the remaining capacity in the rechargeable battery based upon the information related to the remaining capacity; and a display control unit that controls the display unit so as to display the remaining capacity based upon the information related to the remaining capacity stored at the storage unit at least until the information related to the remaining capacity is output from the battery module following a startup of the electronic apparatus.