Patent ID: 8823958
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: B41J,G03G,G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus for managing an image processing apparatus having a processing mode for processing a job related to an image and having a plurality of power control modes not for processing a job related to an image, the information processing apparatus comprising: a specifying unit that specifies user identification information which identifies at least one user that uses the image processing apparatus; a storage unit that stores log data generated in the processing mode by the image processing apparatus; a timing unit that times an operation time for each of the plurality of power control modes; a memory unit that stores a power consumption amount per unit time for each of the plurality of power control modes; a calculation unit that calculates a power consumption amount of the image processing apparatus for each of the plurality of the power control modes by multiplying the power consumption amount per unit time stored by said memory unit and the operation time timed by said timing unit; and a preparation unit that prepares statistical information concerning (i) the power consumption amount of the image processing apparatus for the processing mode for the user identification information specified by said specifying unit using the log data stored by said storage unit, and (ii) the power consumption amount of the image processing apparatus for each of the plurality of power control modes calculated by said calculation unit, wherein said preparation unit prepares the statistical information concerning the power consumption amount of each of the plurality of power control modes such that the power consumption amount of the plurality of power control modes is not associated with any user identification information, thereby allowing preparation of the statistical information for each user corresponding to the specified user identification information while excluding the power consumption amount of the plurality of power control modes from the preparation.