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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2014
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Akio Ito, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 17/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01); H02J 7/04 (2006.01); H04B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 17/00 (2013.01); H02J 7/025 (2013.01); H02J 7/045 (2013.01); H04B 5/0037 (2013.01);
Abstract
A digital multifunction peripheral including a contactless power feeding unit having a function of communicating with a terminal apparatus and a function of feeding the power in a contactless manner to the terminal apparatus is configured to detect a status of the digital multifunction peripheral, detect the presence or absence of a power receiving apparatus capable of communicating with the contactless power feeding unit, and, when such a power receiving apparatus is present, detect the status of the power receiving apparatus, and perform power-saving control based on the result of the detections.