US 6,831,444 B2
External storage device, and remaining battery amount notifying method in the sameGeneral
US 6,831,444 B2
External storage device, and remaining battery amount notifying method in the same
Tech Center:
2800 Semiconductors/Memory, Circuits/Measuring and Testing, Optics/Photocopying, Printing/Measuring and Testing
Examiner:
Pia Tibbits
Art Unit:
2838 Electrical Circuits and Systems
Inventors:
Koichi Kobayashi; Kazunari Tanzawa
Assignee:
Priority:
01/30/02
Filed:
09/06/02
Granted:
12/14/04
Expiration:
09/06/22
Abstract
This invention relates to a portable external storage device including a battery which supplies power to a communication section which communicates with a plurality of information processing apparatuses, a detection unit which detects a remaining amount of the battery, a storage unit which stores setting information representing a notifying method for information about a remaining amount of the battery transmitted from the information processing apparatus serving as a host device, and a remaining amount of the battery at which a warning is generated, and a notifying unit which notifies the host device of information about the remaining amount of the battery detected by the detection unit on the basis of the setting information stored in the storage unit.
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
H02H02J7/0048H02J