Patent ID: 8732492
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: G06F,H01L,H02J,H02S,Y02E

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a plurality of electric power generating elements; a determination unit configured to determine whether each electric power generating element in the plurality of electric power generating elements has an electromotive force equal to or higher than a first predetermined value; an identification unit configured to identify an electric power generating element having an electromotive force below the first predetermined value when at least one of the plurality of electric power generating elements is determined as having an electromotive force below the first predetermined value according to the determination unit; and a bypass unit which is provided in parallel with at least one of the electric power generating elements and through which a current flows when at least the electric power generating element identified by the identification unit has an electromotive force below the first predetermined value.