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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
May. 01, 2009
Keiji Tsubota, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoyuki Nishino, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasunori Ohta, Kanagawa, JP;
Yutaka Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Shoji Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihito Bettouyashiki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiki Takeoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Keiji Tsubota, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoyuki Nishino, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasunori Ohta, Kanagawa, JP;
Yutaka Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Shoji Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihito Bettouyashiki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiki Takeoka, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a digital cassette charging apparatus including: a charging unit loadable with plural types of digital cassette each comprising a rechargeable battery, the charging unit capable of charging the rechargeable batteries of the plural types of digital cassette at the same time; an identification unit for identifying each of the respective types of the plural digital cassettes that have been loaded in the charging unit; a storage unit stored with a charging profile for each of the digital cassettes, the charging profile representing the charging characteristics of the rechargeable battery; and a control unit for reading out from the storage unit the respective charging profile corresponding to the type of digital cassette identified by the identification unit from the plural types of digital cassette, and for controlling the charging unit based on the respective read-out charging profile.