Apparatus having a printer unit
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Abstract
A stable condition for a printing operation regarding an apparatus having a printer unit and a battery unit, eliminating problems related to lack of a battery power during the printing operation performed by the battery, specifically for a portable apparatus using the battery, is obtained by an apparatus having the printer unit in which the printing operation is performed by processing data inputted from outside an embodiment thereof and/or data stored therein, in which the apparatus having the printer unit can be activated by the battery and perform communication with the battery so that, based on received information related to the remaining power of the battery as well as calculating the printing enabling power based on, for example, temperatures outside and/or inside the apparatus and the amount of data to be printed out, the remaining power of the battery is compared with the printing enabling power and, if the remaining power of the battery is lower than the printing enabling power, then a condition of inability of execution of printing operation is established and informed to a user in order to restrain printing action.
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13 Claims
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1-7. -7. (canceled)
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8. An apparatus for processing and printing an image comprising:
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a processing means for processing images;
a printer means for printing a selected image from said images;
a battery unit having a battery for powering the apparatus; and
a power determining means for receiving information from said battery relating to the remaining power in said battery, calculating the amount of power necessary for performing a printing operation by said printer means, comparing the remaining power and the power necessary for said printing operation, and alerting a user when the remaining power in said battery is less than the power necessary for performing said printing operation, wherein said determining means calculates said amount of power necessary for performing a printing operation based on the contrast of the image to be printed out. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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