PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS

• US 20080242369A1
• Filed: 08/17/2007
• Published: 10/02/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Suzuki, Hitoshi, Inoue, Yuichi, Kazuta, Satoshi
• Application Number:
  US11/840,319
• Publication Number:
  US 20080242369A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/573
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3203 Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3209 Monitoring remote activity, e.g. over telephone lines or network connections
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00 Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00306 Overdischarge protection
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0069 Charging or discharging for charge maintenance, battery initiation or rejuvenation

Abstract

When a host PC acts as a host and communicates with a portable electronic apparatus, the portable electronic apparatus can release connection between the portable electronic apparatus and the host PC in no response to the host PC and in accordance with an amount of remaining power of a rechargeable battery. Also, the release of the connection between the portable electronic apparatus and the host PC results in that it is possible to avoid an access error for an HDD due to a shortage in the amount of remaining power of the rechargeable battery, and thus it is possible to prevent media data from being damaged due to the shortage in the amount of remaining power of the rechargeable battery.

Claims

1. A portable electronic apparatus, comprising:

a communication portion connected to an outside for transmitting/receiving data to/from the outside, and receiving an electric power supplied from the outside;

a storage portion for storing therein the data received from the outside;

a rechargeable battery adapted to be charged with electricity through the communication portion; and

a control portion for detecting an amount of remaining power of the rechargeable battery during performance of transmission/reception of the data through the communication portion, and releasing connection between the communication portion and the outside in accordance with the amount of remaining power of the rechargeable battery.

2. A portable electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein after releasing the connection between the communication portion and the outside, the control portion charges the rechargeable battery with electricity through the communication portion.

3. A portable electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein after releasing the connection between the communication portion and the outside, the control portion performs setting for the corresponding portions so that power consumption is suppressed in each of the corresponding portions.

4. A portable electronic apparatus according to claim 2, wherein while charging the rechargeable battery with electricity through the communication portion, the control portion performs setting for the corresponding portions so that power consumption is suppressed in each of the corresponding portions.

5. A portable electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control portion instructs the communication portion to operate so as to be disconnected from the outside in no response to the outside.

6. A portable electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the storage portion includes a memory and a hard disc drive (HDD), and after releasing the connection between the communication portion and the outside, the control portion preserves the data which is received from the communication portion and is temporarily preserved in the memory before the release of the connection between the communication portion and the outside in the HDD of the storage portion.

7. A portable electronic apparatus, comprising:

a communication portion connected to an outside for transmitting/receiving data to/from the outside, and receiving an electric power supplied from the outside;

a storage portion for storing therein the data received from the outside;

a rechargeable battery adapted to be charged with electricity through the communication portion; and

a control portion for detecting an amount of remaining power of the rechargeable battery during performance of transmission/reception of the data to/from the outside through the communication portion, and transmitting a request signal to temporarily stop a communication between the communication portion and the outside in accordance with the amount of remaining power of the rechargeable battery.

8. A portable electronic apparatus according to claim 7, wherein after temporarily stopping the communication between the communication portion and the outside, the control portion charges the rechargeable battery with electricity through the communication portion.

9. A portable electronic apparatus according to claim 7, wherein after temporarily stopping the communication between the communication portion and the outside, the control portion performs setting for the corresponding portions so that power consumption is suppressed in each of the corresponding portions.

10. A portable electronic apparatus according to claim 8, wherein while charging the rechargeable battery with electricity through the communication portion, the control portion performs setting for the corresponding portions so that power consumption is suppressed in each of the corresponding portions.

11. A portable electronic apparatus according to claim 8, wherein when a predetermined amount of power is ensured for the rechargeable battery, the control portion transmits a request signal to restart the communication between the communication portion and the outside to the outside.

12. A portable electronic apparatus according to claim 10, wherein when a predetermined amount of power is ensured for the rechargeable battery, the control portion transmits a request signal to restart the communication between the communication portion and the outside to the outside.

13. A portable electronic apparatus according to claim 11, wherein when restarting the communication between the communication portion and the outside, the control portion transmits a request signal to restart the data transmission in accordance with temporary stop information stored in the outside to the outside.

14. A portable electronic apparatus according to claim 12, wherein when restarting the communication between the communication portion and the outside, the control portion transmits a request signal to restart the data transmission in accordance with temporary stop information stored in the outside to the outside.

15. A portable electronic apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the storage portion includes a memory and an HDD, and after temporarily stopping the communication between the communication portion and the outside, the control portion preserves the data which is received from the communication portion and is temporarily preserved in the memory before the temporary stop of the communication. between the communication portion and the outside in the HDD of the storage portion.

16. A portable electronic apparatus, comprising:

a communication portion connected to an outside for transmitting/receiving data to/from the outside, and receiving an electric power supplied from the outside;

a storage portion for storing therein the data received from the outside;

a rechargeable battery adapted to be charged with electricity through the communication portion; and

a control portion for detecting an amount of remaining power of the rechargeable battery, and determining whether or not connection between the communication portion and the outside should be started in accordance with the amount of remaining power of the rechargeable battery.

17. A portable electronic apparatus according to claim 16, wherein when not authorizing the communication portion to be connected to the outside, the control portion charges the rechargeable battery with electricity through the communication portion.

18. A portable electronic apparatus according to claim 16, wherein when not authorizing the communication portion to be connected to the outside, the control portion performs setting for the corresponding portions so that power consumption is suppressed in each of the corresponding portions.

19. A portable electronic apparatus according to claim 17, wherein while charging the rechargeable battery with electricity through the communication portion, the control portion performs setting for the corresponding portions so that power consumption is suppressed in each of the corresponding portions.

20. A portable electronic apparatus according to claim 17, wherein when a predetermined amount of power is ensured for the rechargeable battery, the control portion authorizes the communication portion to be connected to the outside.