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AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsTetsunari ICHIMURA, Jun WATANABE
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According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus including: a first controller configured to control a first external device; a second controller configured to control a second external device; a combo connector configured to connect the first external device to the first controller or to connect the second external device to the second controller alternatively; a first power controller configured to turn OFF buffer power supply of the second controller when the first external device is connected to the combo connector and the second external device is not connected to the combo connector; and a second power controller configured to turn OFF buffer power supply of the first controller when the second external device is connected to the combo connector and the first external device is not connected to the combo connector.
An information processing apparatus comprising:
A power supply controlling method for an information processing apparatus comprising a connector configured either to connect a first external device to a first controller or to connect a second external device to a second controller, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.