Method of controlling an electronic device

Abstract

The method of the invention detects (1) a state of a user, determines (3) whether, based on this state, the user is asleep, and switches (5) the electronic device to a mode of reduced power consumption when it has been determined that the user is asleep. The computer program of the invention enables a programmable device to carry out the method. The electronic device of the invention comprises at least a control unit and a receiver for receiving, from a detector, a detection signal comprising a state of a user. The control unit is able to determine whether, based on his state, the user is asleep and switches the electronic device to a mode of reduced power consumption when it has been determined that the user is asleep.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.