Patent ID: 7786703

Claim:
An electronic device communicable with a battery pack accommodated therein, the battery pack including a remaining capacity-detecting unit that detects a remaining battery capacity of the battery pack, comprising: a plurality of battery pack compartments, an electric resistance from one of the battery pack compartments to a power supply line of the electronic device being different from electric resistances from the other battery pack compartments to the power supply line; and a control unit configured to receive information indicative of a remaining battery capacity sent from the battery pack accommodated in one of the battery pack compartments, wherein the control unit transmits correction information corresponding to the battery pack accommodated in one of the battery pack compartments, the correction information being used for correcting the remaining battery capacity of the accommodated battery pack, the correction information being based on the electric resistance from the one of the battery pack compartments to the power supply line, the correction information corresponding to the battery pack accommodated in the one of the battery pack compartments being different from the correction information corresponding to the battery packs accommodated in the other battery pack compartments.