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AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsBiju Kumar Sreedharan Nair, Willem Franke Pasveer
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The invention relates to a system comprising a main electrical unit (2) and a peripheral electrical unit (3, 4,5), wherein the main electrical unit and the peripheral electrical unit are switchable between a low-power mode and a high-power mode. The main electrical unit is adapted to hand over a control of the system to the peripheral electrical unit, if the peripheral electrical unit is in the high-power mode, and to switch from the high-power mode to the low-power mode, after the control has been handed over. The peripheral electrical unit is adapted to receive the control from the main electrical unit and to control the system, if the peripheral electrical unit is in the high-power mode. This allows the system to be still in operation mode, although the main electrical unit has been switched to the low-power mode, thereby reducing the power consumption of the system.
A system comprising a main electrical unit and a peripheral electrical unit, wherein the main electrical unit is a control unit adapted to initially control the system, wherein the peripheral electrical unit is adapted for being initially controlled by the main electrical unit,
The system as defined in claim I, wherein the system comprises a plurality of peripheral electrical units and wherein the main electrical unit is adapted to hand over the control to one or several peripheral electrical units, which are in the high-power mode, if the number of peripheral electrical units, which are in the high-power mode, is smaller than or equal to a predefined number.
A method for controlling a system comprising a main electrical unit and a peripheral electrical unit, wherein the main electrical unit is a control unit adapted to initially control the system, wherein the peripheral electrical unit is adapted for being initially controlled by the main electrical unit, wherein the main electrical unit and the peripheral electrical unit are switchable between a low-power mode and a high-power mode, the method comprising:
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