Information processing apparatus and control method of information processing apparatus

Abstract

An information processing apparatus which operates in a normal mode or a power saving mode in which power consumption is lower as compared to the normal mode includes a volatile storage unit, a first supplying unit configured to supply power to the storage unit, a second supplying unit configured to supply, if the first supplying unit cannot supply power to the storage unit, power to the storage unit, a charging unit configured to charge, if the information processing apparatus is operating in the normal mode, the second supplying unit, a first measurement unit configured to measure an amount of time that the information processing apparatus operates in the normal mode after the information processing apparatus shifts to the normal mode; and a control unit configured to control the information processing apparatus not to shift to the power saving mode until an amount of time measured by the first measurement unit becomes greater than a first predetermined amount of time.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.