ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,041, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Electronic device and control method" was invented by Satoshi Ishimaru (Kanagawa, Japan) and Takamichi Kosugi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device comprises a power receiving unit and a control unit. In a first mode in which the power receiving unit receives power from a first battery and does not receive power from a second battery, the control unit calculates a first operable time based on a plurality of information relating to the first battery acquired from the first battery, and calculates a second operable time based on information other than inf...