IP Library Granted Patent US 9,678,538
Granted Patent B2
US 9,678,538 · App. 14/851,151 · Granted Jun 13, 2017

Electronic apparatus

Inventor: Tomonori Tsutsui (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
G06F1/1632G06F1/165G06F1/1635G06F1/1669G06F1/3212
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Patent No.
US 9,678,538
App. No.
14/851,151
Granted
Jun 13, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes an expansion unit having a battery. The electronic apparatus includes a controller and a display. The controller performs power management of the battery. The display displays a residual capacity of the battery. The controller controls the display such that the display performs pattern display based on the residual capacity.

Claims (9)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

an expansion unit that has a first battery;

a first controller that performs power management of the first battery;

a main body that has a second battery;

a second controller that performs power management of the second battery; and

a display that displays a residual capacity of the first and second batteries,

wherein the first controller acquires the residual capacity of the second battery from the second controller, sums up the residual capacity of the first battery and the residual capacity of the second battery, and controls the display such that the display performs pattern display.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:

in a state where an OS of the main body is not active, the first controller acquires the residual capacity of the second battery from the second controller.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 10, 2018
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA CLIENT SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048991/0183 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 30, 2015
From: TSUTSUI, TOMONORI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 036925/0612 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62052772 · Sep 19, 2014
Related Publication 20160085283A1 · Mar 24, 2016