US 7,352,152 B2
Portable electronic appliance with a battery having a wireless tag containing battery information
Ryuji Kawaguchi, Asaka (Japan); Masakatsu Kubota, Asaka (Japan); Atsuhiko Ishihara, Asaka (Japan); and Seiji Kawasumi, Asaka (Japan)
Assigned to Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Apr. 01, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/814,157.
Claims priority of application No. 2003-101121 (JP), filed on Apr. 04, 2003; application No. 2003-101122 (JP), filed on Apr. 04, 2003; and application No. 2003-143571 (JP), filed on May 21, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2004/0196006 A1, Oct. 07, 2004
Int. Cl. H01M 10/46 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 320—106 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable electronic appliance capable of using a battery as a power source, said appliance comprising:
a reading device which reads information about the battery stored in a wireless tag provided on the battery by non-contact communication with the wireless tag;
an activating device which activates the wireless tag when said non-contact communication is started;
a recognition device which recognizes the information about the battery read by said reading device;
a writing device which writes information in said portable electronic appliance to the wireless tag;
a warning display device which displays a battery remaining energy warning; and
a warning generation device which generates battery remaining energy warning information according to the information recognized by said recognition device, and sends the generated information to said warning display device.