Reproduction apparatus, output apparatus and method for controlling power consumption
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorJunichi Yoshizawa
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Abstract
A power consumption control method is applied to a communication system including a reproduction apparatus capable of reproducing content data and an output apparatus capable of outputting data based on the reproduced content data. The content data reproduced by the reproducing apparatus is transmitted to the output apparatus through a radio communication interface. At least one of the reproducing apparatus and the output apparatus is transitioned from an ordinary operation mode to a low-power consumption operation mode through the radio communication interface, when a data reproduction stop request is made in another of the reproducing apparatus and the output apparatus.
Claims18
A power consumption control method applied to a communication system including a reproduction apparatus capable of reproducing content data and an output apparatus capable of outputting data based on the reproduced content data, the method comprising:
- transmitting the content data reproduced by the reproducing apparatus to the output apparatus through a radio communication interface in an ordinary operation mode;
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- transitioning at least one of the reproducing apparatus and the output apparatus from said ordinary operation mode to a low-power consumption operation mode through the radio communication interface, when a data reproduction stop request is made in another of the reproducing apparatus and the output apparatus.
An output apparatus, comprising:
- a radio communication interface;
- an output control unit configured to output data in accordance with content data transmitted from a reproduction apparatus through the radio communication interface;
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- a power control unit configured to control at least the reproduction apparatus to transition from an ordinary operation mode in which content data is transmitted to a low-power consumption operation mode through the radio communication interface, when a data reproduction stop request is made at the output apparatus.
A reproduction apparatus, comprising:
- a radio communication interface;
- a reproduction control unit configured to reproduce content data;
- a transmission control unit configured to transmit the content data reproduced by the reproduction control unit to an output apparatus through the radio communication interface;
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- a power control unit configured to control at least the output apparatus to transition from an ordinary operation mode in which content data is transmitted, to a low-power consumption operation mode through the radio communication interface, when a data reproduction stop request is made at the reproduction apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.