Patent ID: 9483106
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: G03G,G06F,H02J,Y02B,Y02D,Y04S

Claim Text:
1. An electronic apparatus comprising: a changing unit that changes control modes of the electronic apparatus including a first mode and a second mode based on receiving instructions from a management unit; a first notification unit that notifies the management unit of circumstances of the electronic apparatus at a notification timing which is determined by the electronic apparatus or an external device when the control mode is the first mode, the first notification unit notifying the management unit by transmitting a notification packet which includes operation circumstance data of the electronic apparatus, the operation circumstance data including at least data indicating power consumed by operation of the electronic apparatus and a current time point; a recording unit that estimates the circumstances at a predicted notification timing and records the circumstances as the notification packet in a storage medium in advance before the changing unit changes the control mode to the second mode, the notification packet including an expected transmission time and an estimated power value at the expected transmission time; and a second notification unit that notifies the management unit of the circumstances recorded by the recording unit at the notification timing when the control mode is the second mode, the notification packet recorded in advance in the storage medium being transmitted by the second notification unit to the management unit during the second mode, wherein the second mode is a power saving mode.