Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and power control method
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsShinzi Nakazima, Juniti Hoashi
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Abstract
There is provided an information processing apparatus including a mode control unit configured to perform control at least so as to switch a first mode that causes the information processing apparatus to be operated at a first voltage level and a second mode that causes the information processing apparatus to be operated at a second voltage level higher than the first voltage level, and an operation control unit configured to disable certain input operation performed by a user if a state satisfies a certain condition after the mode control unit switches a mode to the second mode.
Claims14
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a mode control unit configured to perform control at least so as to switch periodically between a first mode that causes the information processing apparatus to be operated at a first voltage level and a second mode that causes the information processing apparatus to be operated at a second voltage level higher than the first voltage level and lower than a third voltage level of a third mode corresponding to a running state of the information processing apparatus;
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- an operation control unit configured to disable certain input operation performed by a user if a state satisfies a certain condition after the mode control unit switches from the first mode to the second mode,
- wherein the certain input operation is a switching from the second mode to the third mode, and
- wherein the mode control unit and the operation control unit are each implemented via at least one processor.
An information processing system comprising:
- a display unit configured to display information;
- a mode control unit configured to perform control at least so as to switch periodically between a first mode that causes an information processing apparatus to be operated at a first voltage level and a second mode that is a state where the display unit does not display information and that causes the information processing apparatus to be operated at a second voltage level higher than the first voltage level and lower than a third voltage level of a third mode corresponding to a running state of the information processing apparatus;
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- an operation control unit configured to, if a state satisfies a certain condition after the mode control unit switches from the first mode to the second mode, disable certain input operation performed by a user, the certain input operation switching from the second mode to the third mode where the display unit displays information,
- wherein the display unit, the mode control unit, and the operation control unit are each implemented via at least one processor.
A power control method, implemented via at least one processor, the method comprising:
- performing control at least so as to switch periodically between a first mode that causes an information processing apparatus to be operated at a first voltage level and a second mode that causes the information processing apparatus to be operated at a second voltage level higher than the first voltage level and lower than a third voltage level of a third mode corresponding to a running state of the information processing apparatus;
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- disabling certain input operation performed by a user if a state satisfies a certain condition after the first mode is switched to the second mode,
- wherein the certain input operation is a switching from the second mode to the third mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.