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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2013
Applicants:
Tsutomu Kawase, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiaki Nishizaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukiko Yamazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahisa Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tsutomu Kawase, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiaki Nishizaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukiko Yamazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahisa Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/42 (2006.01); B25F 5/00 (2006.01); H01M 2/10 (2006.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01); G07C 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/4257 (2013.01); B25F 5/00 (2013.01); H01M 2/1022 (2013.01); H01M 10/48 (2013.01); G07C 9/00007 (2013.01); H01M 2010/4271 (2013.01); H01M 2010/4278 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes an apparatus body and a battery pack removable from the apparatus body. Each of the apparatus body and the battery pack includes a memory unit configured to store a use permission flag written after authentications for a pair of the apparatus body and the battery pack through near field communication with a portable terminal, and a control unit configured to permit energization when the use permission flag of the memory unit is ON.