ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, POWER SUPPLY DEVICE, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS

• US 20180267791A1
• Filed: 05/18/2018
• Published: 09/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nikon Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nikon Corporation
• Inventors: KANO, Goro
• Application Number:
  US15/983,587
• Publication Number:
  US 20180267791A1
• 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 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/46 Accumulators structurally combined with charging apparatus circuits for charging H02J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 2010/4278 Systems for data transfer from batteries, e.g. transfer of battery parameters to a controller, data transferred between battery controller and main controller
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• 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 50/90 involving detection or optimisation of position, e.g. alignment
• 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: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

A power supply device is caused to execute a new program. An electronic apparatus that receives power from a power supply device in a non-contact manner includes: an intra-apparatus circuit that operates with power received via a power transmission path from the power supply device to the electronic apparatus; a program acquiring unit that acquires a program to be executed by the power supply device from outside, and stores the program; and an apparatus-side communicating unit that transmits the program to the power supply device via the power transmission path.

Claims

1. A power supply device that supplies power to an electronic apparatus in a non-contact manner, the power supply device comprising:

a power supply unit that supplies power to the electronic apparatus via a power transmission path from the power supply device to the electronic apparatus,

a communicating unit that transmits a request to transmit a program via the power transmission path.

2. The power supply device according to claim 1, wherein the communicating unit transmits the request to transmit the program in response to an inquiry from the electronic apparatus concerning whether to update the program.

3. The power supply device according to claim 1, wherein the communicating unit transmits to the electronic apparatus the request to transmit the program in response to receiving a request for the program from another electronic apparatus that is different from the electronic apparatus.

4. The power supply device according to claim 1, wherein the communicating unit transmits the request to transmit the program under a condition that the power supply device is not supplying power to the electronic apparatus.

5. The power supply device according to claim 2, wherein the communicating unit transmits the request to transmit the program under a condition that the power supply device is not supplying power to the electronic apparatus.

6. The power supply device according to claim 1, wherein the program is a program that the power supply device executes.

7. The power supply device according to claim 2, wherein the program is a program that the power supply device executes.

8. The power supply device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a control unit that controls power supply to the electronic apparatus by executing the program.

9. The power supply device according to claim 3, wherein the communicating unit transmits the request to transmit the program when power supply from the power supply device to the electronic apparatus is stopped.

10. An electronic apparatus that receives power from a power supply device in a non-contact manner, the electronic apparatus comprising:

a non-contact type power receiving unit that receives power via a power transmission path from the power supply device to the electronic apparatus; and

a communicating unit that transmits, to the power supply device via the power transmission path, a program to be executed by a second electronic apparatus separated from the electronic apparatus.

11. The electronic apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the program is an updating program to update a program of the second electronic apparatus.

12. The electronic apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the communicating unit transmits the program to the power supply device under a condition that the non-contact type power receiving unit is not receiving power from the power supply device.

13. The electronic apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising an acquiring section that acquires the program via a network or an external memory.

14. The electronic apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the communicating unit:

transmits an inquiry, via the power transmission path, to the power supply device; and

upon receipt of a response indicating that a current program is to be updated, transmits the program to the power supply device via the power transmission path.

15. The electronic apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the communicating unit:

acquires identification information from the power supply device via the power transmission path; and

transmits, to the power supply device via the power transmission path, a program to be executed by an apparatus corresponding to the identification information as the program.

16. The electronic apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the communicating unit:

registers a request for a program update received from the power supply device via the power transmission path;

acquires the program from the network or an external memory and stores the program, after the request for the program update is registered; and

transmits the program via the power transmission path to the power supply device that issued the request for the program update, after the program is stored.

17. The electronic apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the communicating unit controls the non-contact type power receiving unit to transmit the program after stopping a supply of the received power.

18. The electronic apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the communicating unit transmits the program by modulating a current via the power transmission path.

19. A non-transitory recording medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause an electronic apparatus to perform operations including:

receiving power via a non-contact type power transmission path from a power supply device to the electronic apparatus; and

transmitting, to the power supply device via the non-contact type power transmission path, a program to be executed by a second electronic apparatus separated from the electronic apparatus.

20. The non-transitory recording medium according to claim 19, wherein the operations further comprise causing the electronic apparatus to acquire the program via a network or an external memory.