Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming device and charging method for secondary battery
- Patent Title (中): 二次电池成像装置及充电方法
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Application No.: US14089997Application Date: 2013-11-26
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Publication No.: US09075381B2Publication Date: 2015-07-07
- Inventor: Hiroshi Hiraguchi , Takashi Hasebe , Tomonobu Tamura , Yasutaka Tanimura , Yuhei Tatsumoto
- Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo
- Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo
- Agency: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
- Priority: JP2012-260909 20121129
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G21/00

Abstract:
The image forming device includes a reception unit, an image forming unit, a switching unit, a detection unit, and a charging unit. The switching unit switches the image forming device between a first mode in which the reception unit is not supplied a voltage from a power source, is supplied power from a secondary battery, and receives image forming requests, and a second mode in which the image forming unit is supplied the voltage and performs image forming. The detection unit detects a value of an amount of energy of the secondary battery. In the second mode, the charging unit charges the secondary battery by supplying the voltage to the secondary battery when the value is equal to or less than a threshold value, and the charging unit boosts the voltage and supplies the boosted voltage to the secondary battery when the value is greater than the threshold value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140147157A1 IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND CHARGING METHOD FOR SECONDARY BATTERY Public/Granted day:2014-05-29
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