System, method and apparatus for controllable power supply
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1. A power supply system comprising:
- a secondary battery for supplying power to a load circuit, a power receiving unit for receiving power externally provided to the load circuit;
a switch for selectively supplying the power of the secondary battery or the power externally provided to the load circuit; and
a controller for instructing the switch to stop the supply of the power externally provided to the load circuit for a predetermined time zone.
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Abstract
A power supply system and a power supply control method capable of having a peak shift function without deteriorating the essential function of an apparatus is provided for such that the present invention provides for the use of the peak shift function without deteriorating the essential function of an electrical apparatus.
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20 Claims
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1. A power supply system comprising:
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a secondary battery for supplying power to a load circuit, a power receiving unit for receiving power externally provided to the load circuit;
a switch for selectively supplying the power of the secondary battery or the power externally provided to the load circuit; and
a controller for instructing the switch to stop the supply of the power externally provided to the load circuit for a predetermined time zone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A power supply method for selectively supplying the power of a commercial power source or a battery to a load circuit, comprising the steps of:
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supplying the power of the battery to the load circuit in a predetermined time zone decided in accordance with the power consumption of the commercial power source; and
supplying the power of the commercial power source to the load circuit in a time zone except the predetermined time zone. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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9. An electrical apparatus comprising:
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a device to be operated by the power of the battery or the commercial power source; and
a control unit for controlling whether to preferentially supply the power of the battery or the power of the commercial power source to the device in accordance with a temporal factor. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20)
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12. An electrical apparatus comprising:
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a device to be operated by receiving power;
a power receiving unit for receiving the power of an external commercial power source for the device;
a first power supply line for supplying the power of the commercial power source received by the power receiving unit to the device;
a built in battery for supplying power to the device;
a second power supply line for supplying the power of the built in battery to the device; and
a switching mechanism for turning off the first power supply line and turning on the second power supply line when the commercial power source is connected to the power receiving unit, the commercial power source is connected to the power receiving unit, and a predetermined condition is satisfied.
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14. An electrical apparatus provided with a device to be operated by the power of a built in battery or a commercial power source, comprising:
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a switching mechanism for determining whether to supply the power of the built in battery or the power of the commercial power source to the device; and
a controller for instructing the switching mechanism to supply the power of the built in battery to the device when the remained capacity of the built in battery is equal to or more than a predetermined value and supply the power of the commercial power source to the device when the remained capacity of the built in battery is less than the predetermined value.
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17. A power supply method for an electrical apparatus provided with a device to be operated by the power of a built in battery or a commercial power source, comprising the steps of:
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supplying the power of the built in battery to the device in a first time zone decided in accordance with the power consumption of the commercial power source;
supplying the power of the commercial power source to the device in a second time zone except the first time zone; and
charging the built in battery by the commercial power source in the second time zone.
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