IP Library Granted Patent US 11,091,045
Granted Patent B2
US 11,091,045 · App. 16/690,123 · Granted Aug 17, 2021

Information processing apparatus, motor-driven movable body, and discharge control method

Inventor: Yoshihito Ishibashi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Sony Corporation
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Patent No.
US 11,091,045
App. No.
16/690,123
Granted
Aug 17, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an information processing apparatus including a travelable information display unit that displays before a discharge, regarding motor-driven movable bodies of a discharge source and a discharge destination driven by using electric power of batteries, information about places to which the motor-driven movable body of the discharge source can move using electric power of the battery left after the discharge by assuming, when information about a discharge amount discharged from the battery of the motor-driven movable body of the discharge source toward the motor-driven movable body of the discharge destination that receives power supply is input, a case in which the discharge amount is discharged from the battery.

Claims (25)

1. A charging system, comprising:

a discharge source device comprising:

a display;

a first battery to store electric power for the discharge source device;

circuitry configured to:

discharge an amount of electric power to a discharge destination device; and

provide to the display information about a second amount of electric power stored in the first battery;

a discharge destination device, comprising;

a second display;

a second battery to store electric power for the discharge destination device;

second circuitry configured to:

charge the second battery from the amount of electric power discharged from the discharge source device; and

provide to the second display information about a third amount of electric power stored in the second battery,

wherein both the discharge source device and the discharge destination device are same type of device, and

wherein both the discharge source device and the discharge destination device communicate wirelessly to discharge the discharge source device and charge the discharge destination device.

2. The charging system of claim 1 , wherein both the discharge source device and the discharge destination device are information processing devices with a telephoning function.

3. The charging system of claim 1 , wherein the discharge source device has a biometric authentication sensor configured to read biometric information about a user of the discharge source device and to authenticate the user.

4. The charging system of claim 3 , wherein the biometric authentication sensor that reads information about at least one of a fingerprint, a finger vein, and a retina.

5. The charging system of claim 3 , wherein the discharge source device is configured to accept a user operation to start discharge after authentication is successful.

6. The charging system of claim 1 , wherein the discharge source device and the discharge destination device both have a discharge function and automatically select which of the discharge source device and the discharge destination device shall discharge the amount of electric power.

7. The charging system of claim 6 , wherein the discharge source device and the discharge destination device are configured to select the device with a higher amount of remaining power in the respective battery to discharge electric power.

8. The charging system of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry of the discharge source device is further configured to discharge the amount of electric power in response to selection by a user.

9. The charging system of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry of the discharge source device is further configured to:

determine the amount of electric power to discharge in response to a user input; and

terminate the discharge when the amount of electric power is reached.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-033726 · Feb 18, 2010 · national
Continuity (6)
Continuation 15835040 · Dec 7, 2017
Continuation 14926564 · Oct 29, 2015
Continuation 14702302 · May 1, 2015
Continuation 14252389 · Apr 14, 2014
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