Patent ID: 11930144
Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An information processing apparatus configured to switch a normal mode and an energy-saving mode with less power consumption than the normal mode, the information processing apparatus comprising:
control circuitry configured to control processing of the information processing apparatus;
an operation unit including a display; and
a first device and a second device mounted on the control circuitry or the operation unit, the first device and second device configured to write change information indicating change of an operation mode of the information processing apparatus in response to switching between the normal mode and the energy-saving mode, the first device and the second device having a first limit and a second limit respectively to a number of times of writing,
the control circuitry configured to:
count the number of times of writing of the change information into the first device;
count the number of times of writing of the change information into the second device;
predict a life of the first device on a basis of a first count value of the number of times of writing of the change information for the first device;
predict a life of the second device on a basis of a second count value of the number of times of writing of the change information for the second device;
diagnose appropriateness of the first count value used for prediction of the life of the first device and appropriateness of the second count value used for prediction of the life of the second device when a first increase rate of the first count value or a second increase rate of the second count value exceeds a predetermined increase rate; and
correct the first count value according to the second count value so that the increase rate of the first count value is equal to or smaller than the predetermined increase rate, when the increase rate of the first count value exceeds the predetermined increase rate.