Patent ID: 9671985
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: G03G,G06F,H04N

Claim:
1. An information processing apparatus having a first power state and a second power state smaller in power consumption than the first power state, the information processing apparatus comprising: a sensor; a user interface configured to receive a user operation for shifting a power state of the information processing apparatus; and a power controller which performs operations comprising: shifting the power state of the information processing apparatus, from the second power state to the first power state, based on the sensor having detected a person, and shifting the power state of the information processing apparatus, from the second power state to the first power state or from the first power state to the second power state, based on the user interface having received the user operation, wherein the shifting the power state of the information processing apparatus, based on the user interface receiving the user operation, is not executed while the information processing apparatus is returning from the second power state to the first power state based on the sensor having detected a person.