Preventing dark current flow in a mobile terminal
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
InventorsDaisuke Sakai, Kuniharu Suzuki
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus including an internal battery device including a secondary battery; a load device configured to receive power from the secondary battery; a switch section disposed externally to the battery device and configured to generate a control signal for preventing dark current from flowing from the secondary battery to the load device; and a first switching element configured to cut off a power source path from the secondary battery to the load device based on the control signal generated by the switch section.
Claims17
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- an internal battery device including a secondary battery;
- a load device configured to receive power from the secondary battery;
- a receiving section configured to detachably receive a movable member;
- circuitry configured to generate a control signal for preventing dark current from flowing from the secondary battery to the load device;
- and
- a first switching element configured to cut off a power source path from the secondary battery to the load device based on the control signal generated by the circuitry, wherein
- the circuitry includes a switch disposed on or within the receiving section, which becomes conductive when the movable member is received by the receiving section.
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a battery;
- a load configured to receive power from the battery;
- an interface configured to detachably receive a movable member;
- and
- circuitry configured to generate a signal for preventing dark current from flowing from the battery to the load when the movable member is received by the interface;
- and
- a switching element configured to cut off a power source path from the battery to the load based on the signal generated by the circuitry.
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a battery;
- a load configured to receive power from the battery;
- an interface configured to detachably receive a movable member;
- and
- circuitry disposed on or within the housing which becomes conductive when the movable member is received by the interface;
- and
- a switching element configured to cut off a power source path from the battery to the load device when the circuitry is conductive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.