Electronic device, image processing apparatus, and device control method

An image processing apparatus comprising:

• an energy generation unit that generates electrical power;
• an accumulating unit that accumulates therein the electrical power generated by the energy generation unit;
• a network control unit that comprises:
• a first function unit that performs network response processing;
• a second function unit that performs network response processing with a relatively smaller processing load than the network response processing performed by the first function unit;
• and
• a third function unit that controls the electrical power supply to the function units;
• and
• an image processing unit that performs image processing, wherein
• the third function unit stops the electrical power supply to the first function unit in a predetermined standby operation mode that is standby for a network response request, and supplies the electrical power to the second function unit directly from the energy generation unit bypassing the accumulating unit.

A device control method executed by an electronic device that comprises:

• an energy generation unit that generates electrical power;
• an accumulating unit that accumulates therein the electrical power generated by the energy generation unit;
• and
• a network control unit that comprises:
• a first function unit that performs network response processing;
• a second function unit that performs network response processing with a relatively smaller processing load than the network response processing performed by the first function unit;
• and
• a third function unit that controls the electrical power supply to the function units, the device control method comprising:
• stopping, by the third function unit, the electrical power supply to the first function unit in a predetermined standby operation mode that is standby for a network response request, and
• supplying the electrical power to the second function unit directly from the energy generation unit bypassing the accumulating unit.