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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2014
Applicant:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Shoichi Toya, Hyogo, JP;
Go Kuroda, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H01M 2/10 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0042 (2013.01); H01M 2/1016 (2013.01); H02J 7/007 (2013.01); H02J 7/0013 (2013.01); H02J 7/0027 (2013.01); H02J 7/0054 (2013.01); H04L 67/141 (2013.01); H01M 2010/4278 (2013.01); H02J 2007/0001 (2013.01); H02J 2007/0098 (2013.01); H04L 2012/2841 (2013.01);
Abstract
A battery pack has a communicator storing various communication protocols. When new hardware is connected thereto, the battery pack sequentially transmits a respective communication request signal to request communication with the hardware using a stored communication protocol, and establishes communication. The battery pack transmits the communication request signal using a standard such as a compatibility priority among communication protocols, a frequency priority for communication protocols used according to a history record, a communication speed priority for communication protocols, and so on, thereby achieving quick establishment of communication.