Patent ID: 7429911

Claim:
A power source control device for an electronic device, comprising: a storage unit storing condition information about conditions for supplying electric power to the electronic device; a receiving unit receiving, via a communication path from a power source remote control device of said electronic device, condition judging information for judging whether the conditions are met or not and a power supply command to said electronic device, the power source remote control device having a transmitting and receiving function to the power source control device; a judging unit judging whether the conditions are met or not by use of the condition judging information received by said receiving unit and the condition information stored on the storage unit; a supply unit controlling, in a case where said judging unit judges that the conditions are met, a power source of said electronic device so that said electronic device is supplied with the electric power; a notifying unit notifying, in a case where said receiving unit receives a stop command of a supply of the electric power to said electronic device from said power source remote control device, said power source remote control device of the condition judging information associated with the condition information stored on said storage unit; a check-and-judge unit judging, in a case where said receiving unit receives from said power source remote control device the condition judging information which said notifying unit has notified of, whether the conditions are met or not by use of the condition judging information and the condition information stored on said storage unit; and a stopping unit controlling, in a case where said check-and-judge unit judges that the conditions are met, the power source of said electronic device so as to stop the supply of the electric power to said electronic device.