Patent ID: 8195969

Claim:
Electronic equipment comprising a plurality of control units that can start themselves independently of each other, each of the control units including: a start controlling unit that starts the control unit with one of a first start method and a second start method; a judging unit that judges a start method of the control unit; and a start method instructing unit that instructs a start method to other control units, wherein: the start method instructing unit of a first control unit among the control units instructs a second control unit among the control units to start the second control unit with the second start method when the second start method is judged by the judging unit of the first control unit, when a start method is instructed by the start method instructing unit of the second control unit, the start controlling unit of the first control unit starts the first control unit with the start method instructed by the start method instructing unit of the second control unit, the judging unit judges the start method when the control unit is started, the start method instructing unit of the first control unit instructs the second control unit to restart the second control unit after instructing the second control unit to use the second start method, and when the start controlling unit of first control unit is instructed to restart by the start method instructing unit of the second control unit, the start controlling unit of first control unit restarts the first control unit with the second start method instructed by the start method instructing unit of the second control unit.