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AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorTomoyuki Mizutani
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An information processing apparatus, an imaging apparatus and an information processing method, and a computer program are provided. An information processing apparatus includes: a state detecting part which detects physical fluctuations that are generated in association with a user carrying the information processing apparatus; and a control part which receives detection information of the state detecting part, and which shifts a state to a hot standby state in which a system startup process necessary prior to data processing in the information processing apparatus is completed, or which executes a process to continue the hot standby state, based on determination that the information processing apparatus is being carried by the user.
An information processing apparatus comprising:
The information processing apparatus according to clam 1, wherein the control part is configured to release the hot standby state of the information processing apparatus and to execute a transition process that shifts a state to the standby state in which the system startup process completed is released, when it determines that the state in which the information processing apparatus is not carried by the user is continued for a predefined time period, based on an input condition for detection information of the state detecting part and an input of time count information from the timer.
The information processing apparatus according to clam 1, wherein in the hot standby state, the control part is configured to continue power supply to a storage part and to allow the storage part for self refresh, in order to maintain data recorded in the storage part which is configured of a volatile memory after a system is started up in the information processing apparatus.
The information processing apparatus according to clam 1, wherein the state detecting part is an acceleration sensor;
The information processing apparatus according to clam 4, wherein the acceleration sensor is an acceleration sensor which detects a drop of the information processing apparatus in order to prevent a hard disk provided in the information processing apparatus from being damaged.
The information processing apparatus according to clam 1, wherein the state detecting part is a touch sensor, a temperature sensor, or pressure sensor;
An imaging apparatus comprising:
An information processing method in an information processing apparatus having a state detecting part, a control part, a timer, a manipulating part for receiving a user input, a storage part, and a display part, the method comprising the steps of:
A recording medium, comprising a computer program which allows an information processing apparatus to control a state, the information processing apparatus having a state detecting part, a control part, a timer, a manipulating part for receiving a user input, a storage part, and a display part, the computer program comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.
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Control of exposure by setting shutters, diaphragms or filters, separately or conjointly: power supplies; Circuitry or arrangement to switch on…
Details of cameras or camera bodies; Accessories therefor: bodies
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Control of cameras or camera modules: by using electronic viewfinders
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The present invention contains subject matter related to Japanese Patent Application JP 2005-298426 filed in the Japanese Patent Office on Oct. 13, 2005, the entire contents of which being incorporated herein by reference.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an imaging apparatus, an information processing method, and a computer program. More specifically, the invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an imaging apparatus, an information processing method, and a computer program, which have the configuration that is intended to shorten a starting time as well as to reduce power consumption.
FIG. 1 shows a block diagram depicting the configuration of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 2 shows a diagram illustrative of the state transition of the information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 3 shows a diagram illustrative of the detail of the states that can be set by the information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention;
Hereinafter, the detail of an information processing apparatus, an imaging apparatus, an information processing method, and a computer program according to an embodiment of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
First, an exemplary configuration of the information processing apparatus will be described with reference to FIG. 1. FIG. 1 shows a block diagram depicting the configuration of an imaging apparatus (digital camera) as an implementation of the information processing apparatus.
As shown in FIG. 1, the imaging apparatus has a lens 101, a solid state imaging device (CCD) 102 which converts a light signal inputted through the lens 101 into an electric signal, an A/D converting part 103 which quantizes an analog electric signal and converts it into a digital signal, a signal processing part (DSP) 104 which conducts signal processing with respect to a reproduced image based on data acquired from a taken image and a memory, an encoding/decoding part 105 which encodes and decodes image data, a memory controller 106 which controls image data to be stored in a memory 107 and controls data to be read out of a memory 107, the memory 107 such as a flash memory which stores data including an taken image, a microcomputer 108 which functions as a control part that controls data processing such as an imaging process, a storage part 109 as a volatile memory device which stores information necessary for executing a program of the microcomputer 108, and a ROM 110 which stores a program that is a process algorithm executed by the microcomputer. In addition, the storage part 109 is configured of an SDRAM, for example.