Patent ID: 7574612

Claim:
A power control system, comprising: power control target units, each of which has a power source and is used by at least one of jobs; job executing units configured to execute said jobs; and a power control unit configured to control said power source of each of said power control target units based on execution results of said jobs by said job executing units, wherein said power control unit comprises: a job execution scheduling table generating section configured to generate a job execution scheduling table for each of said power control target units based on a control data, such that said job executing units execute said jobs in said job execution scheduling tables; a job execution scheduling table updating section configured to delete a job name of each of said jobs from said job execution scheduling tables when execution of said job is completed, and output a job completion notice; and a power off judging section configured to control said power sources of said power control target units used by said job to be turned off in response to said job completion notice.