Patent ID: 8296594
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: G06F,H04N,Y02D

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus connected to an external apparatus, comprising: a power switch adapted to turn on or off power of the information processing apparatus; a reception unit adapted to receive a command for turning off the power of the information processing apparatus from the external apparatus; an execution unit adapted to execute shutdown of the information processing apparatus when turn-off of the power of the information processing apparatus has been instructed by said power switch or by the command received by said reception unit; a first determination unit adapted to determine whether said power switch is on or off; a second determination unit adapted to determine whether the turn-off of the power of the information processing apparatus has been instructed by said power switch or by the command received by said reception unit; and a control unit adapted to be operable upon completion of the shutdown by said execution unit, to control the information processing apparatus such that the information processing apparatus is restarted, when said first determination unit determines that said power switch is on, and at the same time when said second determination unit determines that the turn-off of the power of the information processing apparatus has been instructed by said power switch, and to control the information processing apparatus such that the information processing apparatus is not restarted, when said second determination unit determines that the turn-off of the power of the information processing apparatus has been instructed by the command received by said reception unit.