Digital cassette charging apparatus, digital cassette charging system, and digital cassette charging method
US8183822B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 1, 2009 |
| Grant date | May 22, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 19, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH02J2310/23
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
There is provided a digital cassette charging apparatus including: a charging unit loadable with plural types of digital cassette each comprising a rechargeable battery, the charging unit capable of charging the rechargeable batteries of the plural types of digital cassette at the same time; an identification unit for identifying each of the respective types of the plural digital cassettes that have been loaded in the charging unit; a storage unit stored with a charging profile for each of the digital cassettes, the charging profile representing the charging characteristics of the rechargeable battery; and a control unit for reading out from the storage unit the respective charging profile corresponding to the type of digital cassette identified by the identification unit from the plural types of digital cassette, and for controlling the charging unit based on the respective read-out charging profile.
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