Device control apparatus, device control method, and recording medium

A control method apparatus for controlling a device that is executed by a processor, the method comprising:

• detecting that a voltage of a battery of the device has dropped below a movement reference voltage, and causing the device to transition to a power-off state in response to detecting that the voltage of the battery has dropped below the movement reference voltage;
• while the device is in the power-off state and during charging of the battery, determining that the voltage of the battery has reached or exceeded an activation reference voltage;
• in response to determining that the voltage of the charging battery has reached or exceeded the activation reference voltage, (i) causing the device to transition to a power-on state and (ii) controlling a first movement range of a functional unit of the device to be restricted;
• wherein the activation reference voltage is higher than the movement reference voltage of the device to control a second movement range of the functional unit during charging of the battery.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a program that is executable by a processor of a control apparatus for controlling a device, the program being executable by the processor to control the processor to perform functions comprising:

• causing the device to transition to a power-off state in response to detecting that a voltage of a battery of the device has dropped below a movement reference voltage;
• in a case where the device is in the power-off state and during charging of the battery, determining whether the voltage of the battery has reached or exceeded an activation reference voltage;
• in response to determining that the voltage of the charging battery has reached or exceeded the activation reference voltage, (i) causing the device to transition to a power-on state and (ii) controlling a first movement range of a functional unit of the device to be restricted;
• wherein the activation reference voltage is higher than the movement reference voltage of the device to control a second movement range of the functional unit during charging of the battery.