Patent ID: 8819464

Claim:
An electronic apparatus, comprising: a plurality of devices; an obtaining section configured to obtain, for each of the plurality of devices, a cumulative number of executions since a predetermined reference time; a priority determining section configured to determine, for each of the plurality of the devices, a priority level based on the cumulative numbers of the plurality of the devices; a power save mode selecting section holding a plurality of power save modes, and being configured to select one of the plurality of power save modes in accordance with the priority level of each of the plurality of devices; and a controller configured to control each device of the plurality of devices based on the power save mode selected for said each device; wherein each power save mode of the plurality of power save modes includes a power save condition corresponding to the priority level of the device having said each power save mode, a satisfaction of the power save condition causing the device having said each power save mode to shift to a power save status, the power save condition indicating a time period for the device having said each power save mode to be idle in a normal operation status before being shifted to the power save status; and of the plurality of power save modes, the longer is the time period indicated by the power save condition of a power save mode, the higher is the priority level of the device having the power save mode.