Title:
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, POWER SOURCE MANAGEMENT CONTROL DEVICE FOR ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, AND POWER SOURCE DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2005/003941
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Issuing guideline for content of control of a fuel cell as a power source for various kinds of electronic equipment and performing appropriate power source management control according to a load. A notebook-type computer has a hybrid pack (10) as a power source and a computer body (20) having a CPU (21) consuming power by performing at least various processes. The hybrid pack (10) has a battery (11) as a secondary battery, a battery protection IC (12) for controlling the battery (11), a fuel cell (13) for causing generation body to generate power by inducing reaction between a predetermined fuel and air, and a fuel cell controller (14) for controlling the fuel cell (13). In the hybrid pack (10), the battery protection IC (12) and the fuel cell controller (14) exchange with each other, through a bus (30), battery residual capacity information and information showing a condition of the fuel cell (13).
Inventors:
NOMOTO KAZUTOSHI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2004/009607
Publication Date:
January 13, 2005
Filing Date:
June 30, 2004
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SONY CORP (JP)
NOMOTO KAZUTOSHI (JP)
NOMOTO KAZUTOSHI (JP)
International Classes:
G06F1/26; G06F1/28; H01M8/00; H01M8/04; H01M10/42; H01M16/00; H01M10/44; (IPC1-7): G06F1/26; G06F1/28; H01M8/00; H01M8/04; H01M10/44
Foreign References:
| JP2000078767A | 2000-03-14 | |||
| JP2003032906A | 2003-01-31 | |||
| JP2003115313A | 2003-04-18 | |||
| JP2001306191A | 2001-11-02 | |||
| JP2002169629A | 2002-06-14 | |||
| JP2001189690A | 2001-07-10 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Nakamura, Tomoyuki c/o Miyoshi International Patent Office (Toranomon Kotohira Tower 2-8, Toranomon 1-chom, Minato-ku Tokyo, JP)
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