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US 12,715,311 B2Granted
Mobile body and battery remaining amount notification method
AssigneeSony Group Corporation
InventorHidenari Koshimae
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Abstract
A mobile body is capable of easily confirming a remaining amount of a battery of the mobile body and a battery remaining amount notification method. The mobile body includes: an attachment portion to which two or more batteries are capable of being attached; and an output unit configured to provide notification of a remaining amount of each of the batteries in a case where the number of attached batteries changes. The mobile body can be applied to, for example, a drone.
Claims13
A mobile body comprising:
- an attachment portion to which two or more batteries are capable of being attached;
- an output unit including at least one of a display and a speaker configured to provide notification of a remaining amount of each of the two or more batteries and an integrated battery remaining amount of the two or more batteries together in a case where a number of attached batteries changes;
- a battery management computer configured to detect the remaining amount of each of the two or more batteries and the integrated battery remaining amount of the two or more batteries attached to the attachment portion;
- a motor configured to move the mobile body by using electric power of the two or more batteries;
- and an operation control computer configured to control the motor, wherein the operation control computer does not move the mobile body in a case where a remaining amount difference between the two or more batteries is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold, and wherein the operation control computer does move the mobile body in a case where the remaining amount difference between the two or more batteries is less than the predetermined threshold.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.