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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
May. 19, 2016
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Norimitsu Baba, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A control circuit sets a detection period Din which the control circuit detects an output value of a solar cell and receives an optical signal, and charging periods C, Cin which a storage battery can be charged, during a reception period for receiving a data signal of transmission data transmitted from a communication target; controls a charging control circuit to disconnect the solar cell and the storage battery, and causes a detection circuit to detect the output value of the solar cell, during the detection period D; and controls the charging control circuit to connect the solar cell and the storage battery during the charging periods C, C