An inhibition device for transmitting, to a controlled device, inhibition information that causes the controlled device to be inhibited from transitioning from a first state, in which the controlled device executes a process at a predetermined performance level, to a second state in which the controlled device executes the process at a performance level lower than the predetermined performance level, the controlled device being capable of obtaining, from an electronic device that includes an input screen capable of detecting a location specified by a user, location information on the location, and each of the inhibition device and the controlled device being realized by a processor which is included in the electronic device, the inhibition device characterized by comprising: first obtaining means for obtaining, from the controlled device, the location information on the location specified by the user; first determining means for determining, in accordance with the location information obtained by the first obtaining means, whether or not an operation of the user is an operation for causing the controlled device to execute a predetermined process; and transmitting means (15a,b) for transmitting the inhibition information in a case where the first determining means determines that the operation of the user is an operation for causing the controlled device to execute the predetermined process; and second determining means for determining, in a case where the first determining means determines that the operation of the user is an operation for causing the controlled device to execute the predetermined process, whether or not a predetermined length of time has elapsed since a time at which the first obtaining means obtained the location information, in a case where the second determining means determines that the predetermined length of time has elapsed, the transmitting means (15a,b) transmitting, to the controlled device, permission information that permits the controlled device to transition from the first state to the second state, the predetermined length of time includes at least a length of time from (i) the time at which the first obtaining means obtained the location information to (ii) a time at which the predetermined process is started. first obtaining means for obtaining, from the controlled device, the location information on the location specified by the user; first determining means for determining, in accordance with the location information obtained by the first obtaining means, whether or not an operation of the user is an operation for causing the controlled device to execute a predetermined process; and transmitting means (15a,b) for transmitting the inhibition information in a case where the first determining means determines that the operation of the user is an operation for causing the controlled device to execute the predetermined process; and second determining means for determining, in a case where the first determining means determines that the operation of the user is an operation for causing the controlled device to execute the predetermined process, whether or not a predetermined length of time has elapsed since a time at which the first obtaining means obtained the location information, in a case where the second determining means determines that the predetermined length of time has elapsed, the transmitting means (15a,b) transmitting, to the controlled device, permission information that permits the controlled device to transition from the first state to the second state, the predetermined length of time includes at least a length of time from (i) the time at which the first obtaining means obtained the location information to (ii) a time at which the predetermined process is started.