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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2013
Renesas Electronics Corporation, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiharu Ono, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsutomu Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Mamoru Mochizuki, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Makita, Kanagawa, JP;
Renesas Electronics Corporation, Kawasaki-shi, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a charging device which can rapidly charge, with a single charger, portable devices of a plurality of charging specifications. A plurality of available power indicating circuits included in a USB modulenotify, through a data line, a portable device coupled to the charging device of a signal indicating suppliable amount of current. A CPUobtains, from a portable device coupled thereto, information identifying the portable device, at the time of adjustment. A memoryhas a table stored therein, for a plurality of portable devices, defining a correspondence between information identifying a portable device and an available power indicating circuit. Referring to the table based on the obtained information, the CPUselects an available power indicating circuit and, at the time of actual operation, activates only the selected available power indicating circuit.