Electronic apparatus and power supply method
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorHiroaki Kobayashi
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Abstract
An electronic apparatus as an aspect of this invention includes a power supply unit configured to supply electric power to a partner apparatus, a communication unit configured to communicate with the partner apparatus, an authentication unit configured to authenticate the partner apparatus on the basis of information acquired from the partner apparatus by the communication unit, and a power supply control unit configured to control power supply to the partner apparatus by the power supply unit on the basis of the result of authentication of the partner apparatus by the authentication unit.
Claims16
An electronic apparatus comprising:
- a power supply unit for supplying electric power to a partner apparatus;
- a communication unit for communicating with the partner apparatus;
- an authentication unit for authenticating the partner apparatus on the basis of information acquired from the partner apparatus by the communication unit;
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- a power supply control unit for controlling power supply to the partner apparatus by the power supply unit on the basis of a result of authentication of the partner apparatus by the authentication unit.
A power supply method comprising:
- authenticating a partner apparatus of power supply on the basis of information acquired from the partner apparatus, and
- controlling power supply to the partner apparatus on the basis of a result of authentication of the partner apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.