US Patent Issued to FUJIFILM on July 15 for "Electronic device, connection device, system, power supply method, and power supply program" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,581, issued on July 15, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Electronic device, connection device, system, power supply method, and power supply program" was invented by Junichi Saito (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A digital camera includes a first battery, a power supply circuit, and a power supply management unit, and an accessory having second batteries and a communication unit is connectable to the digital camera. The power supply management unit performs control to supply power to the communication unit from the first battery and to supply power to the power supply circuit from any one of the second batteries...