Patent ID: 8836867
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A video/audio signal processing apparatus comprising: connection portions configured to connect a plurality of external devices; a current control portion configured to control an amount of current supplied to each of the plurality of external devices through the connection portions; and a determination portion configured to determine a first external device performing prescribed processing and a second external device other than the first external device from among the plurality of external devices, wherein the current control portion is configured to set an amount of current supplied to the second external device determined by the determination portion to be smaller than an amount of current supplied to the first external device determined by the determination portion, each of the plurality of external devices previously has an upper limit of an amount of current supplied from the current control portion, and the current control portion is configured to set the amount of current supplied to the second external device to be smaller than the upper limit that the first external device previously has and smaller than the upper limit that the second external device previously has.