Patent ID: 9720430
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G05F

Claim:
1. A power control device comprising: a communication unit connected to an external device through a network; a power unit that generates power to be supplied to a target device, from external power; an operating unit that receives operation of power on and power off by a user; a nonvolatile memory unit that stores therein information; and a power control unit that turns off, when the operating unit has received operation of power off, supply of the power to the target device in a predetermined sequence for the target device and records a fact that power has been turned off normally in the nonvolatile memory unit, wherein when a command for stopping power supply has been provided to a power tap to which the target device is connected, the power control unit receives a fact that the command for stopping power supply has been provided to the power tap, through the communication unit, and records the fact in the nonvolatile memory unit, and when supply of the external power is started, the power control unit