# US 8,543,850 B2 · Electronic device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,543,850 B2 - Document ID: US8543850B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/120,896 - Filed: 2009-09-25 - Published: 2011-07-14 - Granted: 2013-09-24 - Earliest claimed: 2008-10-01 - Assignees: Rohm Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Masahide Tanaka; Hiromitsu Kimura - Inventors: Masahide Tanaka; Hiromitsu Kimura - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8543850B2 ## CPC - G06F 1/3228: Monitoring task completion, e.g. by use of idle timers, stop commands or wait commands - G06F 1/3265: {Power saving in display device} - G06F 1/3287: by switching off individual functional units in the computer system - H04W 52/028: {switching on or off only a part of the equipment circuit blocks} - H04M 1/72412: using two-way short-range wireless interfaces - H04W 52/027: {by controlling a display operation or backlight unit} - Y02D 10/00: Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management - Y02D 30/70: in wireless communication networks - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE ## Abstract The electronic device according to the present invention comprises a power supply; a processing section which has a nonvolatile register and performs predetermined processing by inputting and outputting data to and from the nonvolatile register on the basis of power fed from the power supply; an external signal inputting section for inputting an external signal to the processing section; and a power feed control section, which interrupts power feeding from the power supply to the processing section, while maintaining responsiveness to the external signal in a state in which the processing state of the processing section is stored in the nonvolatile register, and resumes power feeding from the power supply to the processing section in response to the external signal. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device comprising: a power supply; a processing section which has a nonvolatile register and performs predetermined processing by inputting and outputting data to and from said nonvolatile register on the basis of power fed from said power supply; an external signal inputting section for inputting an external signal to said processing section; and a power feed control section, which interrupts power feeding from said power supply to said processing section, while maintaining responsiveness to said external signal in a state in which the processing state of said processing section is stored in said nonvolatile register, and resumes power feeding from said power supply to said processing section in response to said external signal. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein said external signal inputting section inputs a first external signal and a second external signal to said processing section; and said power feed control section interrupts power feeding from said power supply to said processing section, while maintaining responsiveness to said second external signal in a state in which the processing state of said processing section based on said first external signal is stored in said nonvolatile register, and resumes power feeding from said power supply to said processing section in response to said second external signal. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The electronic device according to claim 2 comprising: a display register for retaining display data which are created by said processing section, power feeding from said power supply to the display register being maintained even when power feeding from said power supply to said processing section is interrupted; and a display section for displaying based on the display data retained by said display register; wherein said processing section creates said display data in response to inputting of said first external signal; and said nonvolatile register stores the processing state of said processing section which created said display data, even in the state in which power feeding to said processing section is interrupted. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The electronic device according to claim 3 wherein said second external signal is related to the display provided by said display section on the basis of the display data created in response to inputting of said first signal. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The electronic device according to claim 3 wherein said processing section creates the next display data and causes the next display data to be retained in said display register on the basis of resumption of power feeding and reading of the processing state stored in the nonvolatile register. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1 comprising an external signal detecting section, wherein said power feed control section resumes power feeding from said power supply to said processing section in response to incoming transmission of the external signal by said external signal detecting section. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1 comprising timing means; wherein said processing section performs first processing and second processing by inputting and outputting data to and from said nonvolatile register; and said power feed control section interrupts power feeding from said power supply to said processing section, in a state in which the processing state of said processing section which has completed said first processing is stored in said nonvolatile register, initiates timing by said timing means, and in response to completion of timing by said timing means, resumes power feeding from said power supply to said processing section for said second processing. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1 wherein said nonvolatile register has a high-speed operation mode in which said processing section inputs and outputs data, and a nonvolatile operation mode for retaining data; and said power feed control section interrupts power feeding to said processing section after the processing state of said processing section is stored in said nonvolatile register in said nonvolatile operation mode, and resumes inputting and outputting of data to and from said nonvolatile register in said high-speed mode after the processing state of said processing section is read in said nonvolatile mode by the resumption of power feeding to said processing section in response to said external signal. ### Claim 9 An electronic device comprising: a power supply; a processing section which has a nonvolatile register and performs predetermined processing by inputting and outputting data to and from said nonvolatile register on the basis of power fed from said power supply; a functioning section to which power is fed from said power supply; and a power feed control section, which interrupts power feeding from said power supply to said processing section, while maintaining power feeding from said power supply to said functioning section in a state in which the processing state of said processing section which created said display data is stored in said nonvolatile register, and resumes power feeding from said power supply to said processing section in response to a predetermined condition. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The electronic device according to claim 9 wherein said functioning section has a display register for retaining display data which are created by said processing section; and a display section for displaying based on the display data retained by said display register; wherein said power feed control section interrupts power feeding from said power supply to said processing section, while maintaining power feeding from said power supply to said display register in a state in which the processing state of said processing section which created said display data is stored in said nonvolatile register, and resumes power feeding from said power supply to said processing section in response to a predetermined condition. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The electronic device according to claim 10 wherein said predetermined condition is the elapsing of a predetermined time from retention of said display data by said display register. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The electronic device according to claim 9 wherein said functioning section has an output register for retaining output data which are created by said processing section; and said power feed control section interrupts power feeding from said power supply to said processing section, while maintaining power feeding from said power supply to said output register in a state in which the processing state of said processing section which created said output data is stored in said nonvolatile register, and resumes power feeding from said power supply to said processing section in response to a predetermined condition. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The electronic device according to claim 12 comprising an input register for retaining input data which are to be inputted to said processing section, the input data being retained by maintenance of power feeding even when power feeding to said processing section is interrupted; wherein said predetermined condition is the incoming transmission of said input data by said input register. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The electronic device according to claim 9 wherein said functioning section has an illumination section for emitting light through the use of power fed from said power supply; and said power feed control section interrupts power feeding from said power supply to said processing section, while maintaining power feeding from said power supply to said illumination section in a state in which the processing state of said processing section is stored in said nonvolatile register, and resumes power feeding from said power supply to said processing section in response to a predetermined condition. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The electronic device according to claim 14 comprising timing means for controlling the time for which power is fed to said illumination section in the state in which power feeding to said processing section is interrupted. ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The electronic device according to claim 9 wherein said functioning section has a mobile telephone standby functioning section for functioning through the use of power fed from said power supply; and said power feed control section interrupts power feeding from said power supply to said processing section, while maintaining power feeding from said power supply to said standby functioning section in a state in which the processing state of said processing section is stored in said nonvolatile register, and resumes power feeding from said power supply to said processing section in response to a predetermined condition. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The electronic device according to claim 16 wherein said standby functioning section has a cell search functioning section. ### Claim 18 An electronic device comprising: a power supply; a processing section which has a nonvolatile register and processes first data and second data by inputting and outputting data to and from said nonvolatile register on the basis of power fed from said power supply; a register for sequentially retaining said first data and said second data; and a power feed control section for creating a period of time during which power feeding from said power supply to said processing section is interrupted, while power feeding from said power supply to said register is maintained between processing of said first data and processing of said second data. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The electronic device according to claim 18 comprising a display section for displaying based on display data; wherein said register is a display register for retaining the display data for display by said display section; and said first data and second data are first display data and second display data, respectively, which are sequentially retained in said display register. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The electronic device according to claim 18 wherein said power feed control section has timing means for determining a period of time during which power feeding from said power supply to said processing section is interrupted.