CHARGING DEVICE AND CHARGED DEVICE

• US 20140315604A1
• Filed: 03/07/2012
• Published: 10/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Miyake, Yasushi
• Application Number:
  US14/117,186
• Publication Number:
  US 20140315604A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/573
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/26 Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof for memories G11C
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/00 Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/80 involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00034 Charger exchanging data with an electronic device, i.e. telephone, whose internal battery is under charge
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3883 Arrangements for mounting batteries or battery chargers

Abstract

A recorder (100) comprises a non-contact charging module (160) that supplies power to a smart phone (200), a WiFi module (170) that communicates with the smart phone (200), and a microprocessor (130) that sends the smart phone (200) charging information indicating whether or not the non-contact charging module (160) is supplying power to the smart phone (200), upon receipt of an inquiry from the smart phone (200).

Claims

1. A charging device, comprising:

a charging component configured to supply power to an external device;

a communication component configured to communicate with the external device; and

a controller configured to, when receiving an inquiry from the external device via the communication component, control the communication component so that charging information indicating whether or not the charging component is supplying power is sent to the external device from which the inquiry has been received.

2. The charging device according to claim 1,

wherein the charging information includes at least one of a charging state flag indicating a charging state produced by the charging component, and time information related to charging by the charging component.

3. The charging device according to claim 1,

wherein the charging component is configured to receive from the external device remaining capacity information related to remaining capacity of a battery in the external device, and

the charging information includes the remaining capacity information.

8. The charging device according to claim 2,

wherein the charging component is configured to receive from the external device remaining capacity information related to remaining capacity of a battery in the external device, and

the charging information includes the remaining capacity information.

4. A charged device, comprising:

a charged component configured to receive a supply of power from an external device;

a communication component configured to communicate with the external device;

a memory configured to store content; and

a controller configured to control the communication component so that some or all of the content stored in the memory is sent to the external device according to charging information supplied from the external device via the communication component and indicating whether or not the external device is supplying power.

5. The charged device according to claim 4,

wherein the charging information includes one or more of a charging state flag indicating a charging state produced by the external device, time information related to charging by the external device, and remaining capacity information related to remaining capacity of a battery to be charged inside the external device.

6. The charged device according to claim 4,

wherein, when the external device is supplying power, the controller controls the communication component so that some or all of the content stored in the memory is sent to the external device, and when the external device is not supplying power, the controller does not control the communication component so the content stored in the memory is sent to the external device.

7. The charged device according to claim 4,

wherein, when the external device is supplying power, the controller controls the communication component so as to request the external device to transmit content, and when the external device is not supplying power, the controller is prevented from controlling the communication component so as to request the external device to transmit content.

9. The charged device according to claim 5,

wherein, when the external device is supplying power, the controller controls the communication component so that some or all of the content stored in the memory is sent to the external device, and when the external device is not supplying power, the controller does not control the communication component so the content stored in the memory is sent to the external device.

10. The charged device according to claim 5,

wherein, when the external device is supplying power, the controller controls the communication component so as to request the external device to transmit content, and when the external device is not supplying power, the controller is prevented from controlling the communication component so as to request the external device to transmit content.

11. The charged device according to claim 6,

wherein, when the external device is supplying power, the controller controls the communication component so as to request the external device to transmit content, and when the external device is not supplying power, the controller is prevented from controlling the communication component so as to request the external device to transmit content.