ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20180241096A1
• Filed: 02/17/2018
• Published: 08/23/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2017
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Kaechi, Shuya
• Application Number:
  US15/898,574
• Publication Number:
  US 20180241096A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/26 Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof for memories G11C
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/263 Arrangements for using multiple switchable power supplies, e.g. battery and AC G06F1/30 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/28 Supervision thereof, e.g. detecting power-supply failure by out of limits supervision
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/44 Program or device authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/81 by operating on the power supply, e.g. enabling or disabling power-on, sleep or resume operations
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/36 using visible light sources
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/44 Methods for charging or discharging circuits for charging H02J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/04 Regulation of charging current or voltage
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

An electronic device includes a load testing unit, a first control unit, and a second control unit. The load testing unit conducts a load test between a power supply apparatus and the electronic device. The first control unit stops charging of a battery pack by power supplied from the power supply apparatus during a period in which the load test is conducted. The second control unit stops outputting of an activation signal for activating the electronic device if a voltage supplied from the power supply apparatus to the electronic device falls outside a predetermined voltage range during the period in which the load test is conducted.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a load testing unit that conducts a load test between a power supply apparatus and the electronic device;

a first control unit that stops charging of a battery pack by power supplied from the power supply apparatus during a period in which the load test is conducted; and

a second control unit that stops outputting of an activation signal for activating the electronic device if a voltage supplied from the power supply apparatus to the electronic device falls outside a predetermined voltage range during the period in which the load test is conducted.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the load testing unit conducts the load test when the power supply apparatus is connected to the electronic device and the battery pack is connected to the electronic device.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the load testing unit draws a load testing current from the power supply apparatus and conducts the load test if an output voltage from the battery pack is less than a predetermined value, and conducts the load test without drawing the load testing current if the output voltage from the battery pack is not less than the predetermined value.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the second control unit outputs the activation signal if the load test is complete while the voltage supplied from the power supply apparatus to the electronic device does not fall outside the predetermined voltage range.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a unit that performs an enumeration process complying with one of USB standards between the power supply apparatus and the electronic device if the activation signal is output.

6. The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the enumeration process is performed by one of power supplied from the power supply apparatus and power supplied from the battery pack.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein if charging of the battery pack by power supplied from the power supply apparatus is stopped, a current from the power supply apparatus is restricted to a predetermined suspend current.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the load testing unit starts the load test after a predetermined time has elapsed since the supply of power from the power supply apparatus to the electronic device is started.

9. A method comprising:

conducting a load test between a power supply apparatus and an electronic device;

stopping charging of a battery pack by power supplied from the power supply apparatus during a period in which the load test is conducted; and

stopping outputting of an activation signal for activating the electronic device if a voltage supplied from the power supply apparatus to the electronic device falls outside a predetermined voltage range during the period in which the load test is conducted.

10. A non-transitory storage medium that stores a program causing a computer to execute a method, the method comprising:

conducting a load test between a power supply apparatus and an electronic device;

stopping charging of a battery pack by power supplied from the power supply apparatus during a period in which the load test is conducted; and

stopping outputting of an activation signal for activating the electronic device if a voltage supplied from the power supply apparatus to the electronic device falls outside a predetermined voltage range during the period in which the load test is conducted.