Patent ID: 7562242

Claim:
An electronic apparatus having an electric power saving function, comprising: display means for making a display in accordance with a command from control means; power supply control means for restricting or shutting down power supply to at least the display means when one of a plurality of electric power saving modes is controlled to be set to ON; storage means for storing the plurality of electric power saving modes, wherein each of the plurality of electric power saving modes includes electric power saving items selected from a plurality of electric power saving items, and one of the plurality of the electric power saving modes is controlled to be set to ON/OFF, thereby controlling the electric power saving items included in the one of the electric power saving modes to be set to ON/OFF all together; a warning display function for, when any one of the electric power saving modes is selected, displaying a disadvantage attained when the selected electric power saving mode is set to ON; and an electric power saving effect display function for indicating an electric power saving effect according to each of the electric power saving modes.