Patent ID: 7577748
Filing Date: 2009-08-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An information device, comprising: a communicator which communicates with a host, wherein, in a normal mode, the communicator transmits a reply that data has been properly received to the host when the data has been properly received and transmits a reply that the data has not been properly received to the host when the data has not been properly received, and wherein, in a heat release mode, the communicator transmits the reply that the data has not been properly received to the host at a given ratio even when the communicator should transmit the reply that the data has been properly received in the normal mode since the data has been properly received; a heat-producing internal unit which operates according to the data received by the communicator, the heat-producing unit producing heat by operating continuously; a temperature detector which detects a temperature of the internal unit; a first mode changer which changes the communicator from the normal mode to the heat release mode when the temperature detected by the temperature detector is a first set value or higher; and a ratio adjuster which, when a timeout occurs in the communication with the host in the heat release mode, reduces the given ratio.