Patent ID: 6320822
Filing Date: 2001-11-20
Classification: G04C,G04G

Abstract:
Portable electronic equipment comprising:a power supply device capable of accumulating electric energy,a driven device driven with electric power supplied from said power supply device,a carrying-on-user detector for detecting whether said electronic equipment is in a state carried with a user or not, anda mode shift control device for shifting an operating mode of said driven device from a normal operating mode to a power saving mode in accordance with a detection result of said carrying-on-user detector when said electronic equipment is in a state not carried with the user, for thereby reducing power consumption of said driven device, and whereinsaid power supply device includes a power generator for generating electric power by converting first energy into the electric energy as second energy, andsaid power supply device is able to accumulate the generated power, and whereinsaid carrying-on-user detector detects whether said electronic equipment is in the state carried with the user or not in accordance with a power generation state of said power generator.