Patent ID: 8040430

Claim:
An electronic apparatus to which a battery module is detachable, power being supplied from the battery module to the electronic apparatus while the battery module is installed in the electronic apparatus, the battery module having a rechargeable battery and an arithmetic operation unit that calculates information related to a remaining capacity in the rechargeable battery based on a value of an electrical current flowing to the rechargeable battery, the electronic apparatus comprising: a connection unit that is configured to connect the battery module and receive the information related to the remaining capacity in the rechargeable battery; a control unit that receives the information related to the remaining capacity in the rechargeable battery output from the battery module via the connection unit; a nonvolatile storage unit that is provided in the electronic apparatus in which the battery module is installed, the nonvolatile storage unit storing the information related to the remaining capacity received by the control unit, and holding latest information related to the remaining capacity, which has been stored right before a power supply stops, even after the power supply stops; a display unit that displays the remaining capacity in the rechargeable battery based upon the information related to the remaining capacity; and a display control unit that controls the display unit so as to display the remaining capacity, in a normal remaining capacity display mode, based upon the latest information related to the remaining capacity stored at the nonvolatile storage unit at least until the information related to the remaining capacity is output from the battery module following a startup of the electronic apparatus, and controls the display unit so as to perform a display in a display mode that is different from the normal remaining capacity display mode if the battery module is replaced with another battery module.