Information processing apparatus and power control method

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes: an optical disk device; an optical disk device controller which opens a tray provided in the optical disk device; a receiver which receives a command for instructing to open the tray; a detector which detects a movement of the information processing apparatus which incorporates the optical disk device; a power controller which controls supply of power to each component of the information processing apparatus; and a power determining module which determines whether the information processing apparatus is connected to an external power supply. The power controller starts the supply of power to the optical disk device if the command is received while stopping the supply of power to the optical disk device and if the movement is not detected and the information processing apparatus is connected to the external power supply.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.