Image processing apparatus, image processing system and power control method thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorByeong-woon HA
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Abstract
Provided is an image processing apparatus including a microcomputer, a standby power supply unit to supply standby power to the microcomputer, a power control port to receive an external control signal, and a power controller to supply the standby power or to cut off the standby power supplied to the microcomputer according to an external control signal if the external power control signal is supplied.
Claims18
An image processing apparatus comprising:
- a microcomputer;
- a standby power supply unit to supply standby power to the microcomputer;
- a power control port to receive an external control signal;
- and
- a power controller to supply the standby power, or to cut off the standby power supplied to the microcomputer according to the external control signal, if the external power control signal is received.
An image processing system comprising:
- an image processing apparatus including an image processor, a microcomputer, a standby power supply unit to supply standby power to the microcomputer, a power control port to receive an external control signal and a power controller to supply the standby power or to cut off the standby power supplied to the microcomputer according to the external control signal, if the external control signal is received;
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- an external device to supply the external control signal to the power control port.
A power control method of an image processing apparatus which has an image processor and a microcomputer, the power control method comprising:
- generating standby power to be supplied to the microcomputer;
- receiving an external control signal;
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- supplying the standby power or cutting off the standby power supplied to the microcomputer according to the external control signal, if the external control signal is supplied.
An image processing system comprising:
- a plurality of image processing apparatuses each having an off mode, a standby mode and a normal mode, and each having a microcomputer and a power control port;
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- an external device to supply an external control signal to a power control port of at least one of the plurality of image processing apparatuses,
- wherein the at least one of the plurality of image processing apparatuses is placed in one of the off mode, the standby mode, and the normal mode if the external control signal is supplied by the external device to the power control port of the at least one of the plurality of image processing apparatuses.
A computer-readable recording medium having embodied thereon a computer program to execute a method, wherein the method comprises:
- generating standby power to be supplied to a microcomputer;
- receiving an external control signal;
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- supplying the standby power or cutting off the standby power supplied to the microcomputer according to the external control signal, if the external control signal is received.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.