A battery device for an electronic apparatus includes a rechargeable
secondary battery, a fuel cell, and a run time computing unit receiving
data representative of a voltage versus residual-capacity characteristic
of the secondary battery and data representative of a residual capacity
of the fuel cell and determining therefrom a residual capacity and a run
time of the secondary battery and a run time of the fuel cell and
estimates of which of the respective power capacities of the secondary
battery and the fuel cell unit will reach the respective, predetermined
residual capacities thereof earlier. If it is estimated that the fuel
cell will, the computing unit determines a run time of the battery device
and supplies data representative of the thus determined run time of the
battery device to a power management unit of the electronic apparatus.