Patent ID: 8619283
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus having a power source, the apparatus comprising: a processor; a plurality of devices which are activated by supplied power from the power source; a power mode setting unit configured to control a power mode of the apparatus; and a device control program executed by the processor configured to receive a request for setting of a power mode of any specified one or more of the plurality of devices, from the power mode setting unit, determine whether the power mode of the specified one or more of the plurality of devices is able to change according to the received request, and change the power mode of the specified one or more of the plurality of devices based on the received request in a case that it is determined that the power mode of the specified one or more of the plurality of devices is able to change, wherein the device control program is provided to each particular device amongst the plurality of devices, the device control program provided to the particular device being configured to control the particular device as a subject of the control, and wherein the device control program is further configured to send a result of setting of the power mode of the specified one or more of the plurality of devices to the power mode setting unit.