Patent ID: 8269464

Claim:
An electronic device having a display section, comprising: (a) a housing section configured to house a plurality of batteries; (b) a detection section configured to detect status of each of said plurality of batteries housed in said housing section; (c) a selection section configured to select part of said plurality of batteries for use as a power supply of said electronic device in accordance with the status detected by said detection section; and (d) a display control section configured to display on said display section an indication identifying said part of said plurality of batteries, wherein said part of said plurality of batteries is a number of said batteries which is less than a total number of said batteries, wherein said detection section includes: (b-2) a remaining level detection section configured to detect a remaining battery level of each of said plurality of batteries, and wherein said display control section includes: (d-1) a section configured to (i) display on said display section numerical information and a graphic image about the remaining battery level of each battery of said part of said plurality of batteries selected by the selection section in accordance with the status detected by said detection section, (ii) display on said display section numerical information and a graphic image about the remaining battery level of each battery of said plurality of batteries unselected by the selection section in accordance with the status detected by said detection section, and (iii) cause the display pertaining to each unselected battery to be displayed in a less conspicuous manner than that of the display of each selected battery so as to enable a user to easily recognize the battery or batteries currently selected for use as the power supply of said electronic device.