# US 2019/0356801 A1 · Information processing apparatus including push switch, power supply control method therefor, and storage medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0356801 A1 - Document ID: US20190356801A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/408,855 - Filed: 2019-05-10 - Published: 2019-11-21 - Earliest claimed: 2018-05-16 - Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Yasuhiko Okuma; Takahiro Haraguchi; Ryotaro Okuzono - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190356801A1 ## CPC - H04N 1/00891: {Switching on or off, e.g. for saving power when not in use (H04N1/00896 takes precedence)} - H04N 1/00384: {Key input means, e.g. buttons or keypads (electromechanical details of key input means in general H01H13/00)} - H04N 1/00392: {Other manual input means, e.g. digitisers or writing tablets} - H04N 1/00477: {Indicating status, e.g. of a job (for control or supervision between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N2201/3219)} - H04N 2201/0094: Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract An information processing apparatus including a push switch turns off a power supply state of a main body and starts shutdown processing when a first user's operation is performed on the push switch in a normal state of the apparatus. When a second user's operation is performed on the push switch during the shutdown processing, the power supply state of the main body is switched between on and off. If the power supply state of the main body is the on state when the shutdown processing is completed, first processing for restarting the main body is performed, and if the power supply state of the main body is the off state when the shutdown processing is completed, second processing for stopping power supply to the main body is performed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing apparatus including a push switch, the information processing apparatus starting shutdown processing and turning off the information processing apparatus when a user's operation is performed on the push switch, comprising: a holding unit configured to hold information indicating that the push switch is operated by a user during the shutdown processing; and a processing unit configured to restart the information processing apparatus or not when at least part of the shutdown processing is completed, based on the information held in the holding unit. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing unit restarts the information processing apparatus when at least part of the shutdown processing is completed in a case where the information is held in the holding unit when the at least part of the shutdown processing is completed, and the processing unit does not restart the information processing apparatus when the at least part of the shutdown processing is completed in a case where the information is not held in the holding unit. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a notification unit configured to display a notification that the information processing apparatus is to be restarted after completion of the shutdown processing in a case where the information is held in the holding unit when the at least part of the shutdown processing is completed, and display a notification that the information processing apparatus is to be turned off after completion of the shutdown processing in a case where the information is not held in the holding unit. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the information held in the holding unit indicates that a power supply state of the information processing apparatus has been switched from an off state to an on state. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a timer unit configured to start counting when the power supply state of the information processing apparatus is switched to the off state, and wherein in a case where a count value of the timer unit becomes not smaller than a predetermined value when at least part of the shutdown processing is completed, the holding unit does not hold the information indicating that the power supply state of the information processing apparatus has been switched from the off state to the on state until the shutdown processing is completed. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a timer unit configured to perform counting as long as the user's operation on the push switch is continued and a count value of the timer unit is smaller than a predetermined value, and wherein in a case where the count value becomes not smaller than the predetermined value when the user's operation on the push switch is continued, the power supply state of the information processing apparatus is switched from the off state to the on state, and the hold unit holds the information indicating that the power supply state of the information processing apparatus has been switched from the off state to the on state until the shutdown processing is completed. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the timer unit sets the count value to 0 in a case where the count value at a time when the user's operation on the push switch is canceled is smaller than the predetermined value, and performs counting again as long as a second user's operation on the push switch subsequent to the user's operation is continued and the count value is smaller than the predetermined value, and wherein in a case where the count value becomes not smaller than the predetermined value when the second user's operation is continued, the power supply state of the information processing apparatus is switched from the off state to the on state and the hold unit holds the information indicating that the power supply state of the information processing apparatus has been switched from the off state to the on state until the shutdown processing is completed. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an instruction unit configured to instruct the processing unit to restart the information processing apparatus after completion of the shutdown processing, in a case where another user's operation is performed when the user's operation on the push switch is performed. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising a user interface including a service switch, and wherein the other user's operation is an operation for depressing the service switch. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising a user interface including a key section and a touch panel, and wherein the other user's operation is an operation for depressing both of the key section and the touch panel. ### Claim 11 A power supply control method for an information processing apparatus including a push switch, the information processing apparatus starting shutdown processing and turning off the information processing apparatus when a user's operation is performed on the push switch, comprising: holding information indicating that the push switch is operated by a user during the shutdown processing; and restarting the information processing apparatus or not when at least part of the shutdown processing is completed, based on the held information. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The power supply control method according to claim 11, further comprising: restarting the information processing apparatus when at least part of the shutdown processing is completed in a case where the information is held when the at least part of the shutdown processing is completed, and not restarting the information processing apparatus when the at least part of the shutdown processing is completed in a case where the information is not held. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The power supply control method according to claim 12, further comprising: displaying a notification that the information processing apparatus is to be restarted after completion of the shutdown processing in a case where the information is held when the at least part of the shutdown processing is completed, and displaying a notification that the information processing apparatus is to be turned off after completion of the shutdown processing in a case where the information is not held. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The power supply control method according to claim 12, wherein the information indicates that a power supply state of the information processing apparatus has been switched from an off state to an on state. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The power supply control method according to claim 14, wherein the information processing apparatus includes a timer unit configured to start counting when the power supply state of the information processing apparatus is switched to the off state, the power supply control method further comprising: not holding, in a case where a count value of the timer unit becomes not smaller than a predetermined value when at least part of the shutdown processing is completed, the information indicating that the power supply state of the information processing apparatus has been switched from the off state to the on state until the shutdown processing is completed. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The power supply control method s according to claim 14, wherein the information processing apparatus includes a timer unit configured to perform counting as long as the user's operation on the push switch is continued and a count value is smaller than a predetermined value, the power supply control method further comprising: switching, in a case where the count value becomes not smaller than the predetermined value when the user's operation on the push switch is continued, the power supply state of the information processing apparatus from the off state to the on state, and holding the information indicating that the power supply state of the information processing apparatus has been switched from the off state to the on state until the shutdown processing is completed. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The power supply control method according to claim 16, wherein the timer unit sets the count value to 0 in a case where the count value at a time when the user's operation on the push switch is canceled is smaller than the predetermined value, and performs counting again as long as a second user's operation on the push switch subsequent to the user's operation is continued and the count value is smaller than the predetermined value, the power supply control method further comprising: switching, in a case where the count value becomes not smaller than the predetermined value when the second user's operation is continued, the power supply state of the information processing apparatus from the off state to the on state, and holding the information indicating that the power supply state of the information processing apparatus has been switched from the off state to the on state until the shutdown processing is completed. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The power supply control method according to claim 11, further comprising instructing to restart the information processing apparatus after completion of the shutdown processing, in a case where another user's operation is performed when the user's operation on the push switch is performed. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The power supply control method according to claim 18, wherein the information processing apparatus includes a user interface including a service switch, and wherein the other user's operation is an operation for depressing the service switch. ### Claim 20 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer executable program for executing a power supply control method for an information processing apparatus including a push switch, the information processing apparatus starting shutdown processing and turning off the information processing apparatus when a user's operation is performed on the push switch, wherein the power supply control method comprises: holding information indicating that the push switch is operated by a user during the shutdown processing; and restarting the information processing apparatus or not when at least part of the shutdown processing is completed, based on the held information.