Patent ID: 6545775
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
An image pickup system comprising:a control device having a plurality of connection terminals and at least one power supply; a plurality of device units connectable to said connection terminals; connection detecting means for detecting a connection between said control device and one of said plurality of device units; determination means for predetermining amounts of allocation of electric power to be supplied from said control device respectively to said plurality of device units connected to said connection terminals in response to a detection output of said connection detecting means; detecting means for detecting amounts of electric power being consumed respectively by said plurality of device units; comparison means for comparing the amounts of allocation of electric power with the amounts of electric power being consumed; and change-over means for changing an operation of a predetermined one of the plurality of device units over to a power saving mode if the amounts of electric power being consumed is larger than the amounts of allocation of electric power.