Patent ID: 8542372
Filing Date: 2013-09-24
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A processing apparatus comprising: a plurality of units capable of carrying out a variety of processes; a power supply section for supplying the electric power to said plurality of units; an electricity feed switching section for switching the power feeding state of the power supplied from said power supply section to each unit; a memory section storing a plurality of kinds of operation modes by each of which a predetermined unit or units are operated among said plurality of units, so that said plurality of modes of operation are associated respectively with one or more units required to carry out each mode of operation; a display section capable of displaying a representation of each of the plurality of units in either a first manner-if the unit corresponding to the representation is in an electricity-fed state or in a second manner if the unit corresponding to the representation is in an electricity-not-fed state; a select-unit section for selecting a unit- among said plurality of units via units displayed by said display section, and for switching the power feeding state of the selected unit in response to the selection thereof; a control section that, referring to said memory section, causes said display section to display one or more of said modes of operation, the one or more- displayed modes of operation being associated with the unit selected via said select-unit section; and a select-mode-of-operation section for selecting any one of said modes of operation among said one or more modes of operation which said control section causes said display section to display, wherein said control section controls, through said electricity feed switching section, the power feeding state of the power supplied to said plurality of units according to said mode of operation selected via said select-mode-of-operation section.