ELECTRONIC APPARATUS

• US 20120079300A1
• Filed: 05/25/2010
• Published: 03/29/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Hachisuga, Izumi, Miyata, Kazunori
• Application Number:
  US13/376,627
• Publication Number:
  US 20120079300A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/320
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/651 for reducing power consumption by affecting camera operations, e.g. sleep mode, hibernation mode or power off of selective parts of the camera

Abstract

A power-supply connection portion connects a power supply and a main body device. Operation information for operating the apparatus main body is stored in a volatile memory. A power feeder feeds power fed from the power supply, to the volatile memory. A non-operation state request receiver receives a non-operation state request for moving the apparatus main body from an operation state to a non-operation state. When the non-operation state request is received by the non-operation state request receiver, a power-feeding controller performs control such that the power feeder feeds the power to the volatile memory for a predetermined period. A mode determiner determines a mode of the non-operation state request. A changer is provided with a setter which sets the predetermined period depending on the mode determined by the mode determiner.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a volatile memory which stores operation information for operating an apparatus main body,

a power feeder which feeds first power for retaining the operation information stored in said volatile memory and second power for maintaining an operation state to the apparatus main body;

a request receiver which receives a non-operation state request for moving the apparatus main body from the operation state to a non-operation state in which one portion of the apparatus main body is not operated;

a power supply controller which controls said power feeder such that the first power only is fed for a predetermined period when the non-operation state request is received by said request receiver;

a mode determiner which determines a mode of the non-operation state request; and

a setter which sets the predetermined period depending on the mode determined by said mode determiner.

2. An electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a first manipulation receiver which receives a first manipulation for causing the apparatus main body to perform a predetermined operation;

a first request issuer which issues the non-operation state request as a first request mode, when receiving the manipulation by said first manipulation receiver is not performed for a predetermined period;

a second manipulation receiver which receives a second manipulation for bringing the apparatus main body in the non-operation state; and

a second request issuer which issues the non-operation state request as a second request mode, when the manipulation by the second manipulation receiver is received, wherein

said setter sets the predetermined period longer than a predetermined period that is when the mode determined by said mode determiner is the second request mode, when the mode determined by said mode determiner is the first request mode.

3. An electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a voltage detector which detects voltage levels of power supplies of the first power and the second power fed by said power feeder, wherein

said setter sets the predetermined period according to the voltage level detected by the mode and said voltage detector.

4. An electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a time measurer which measures a current time, wherein

said setter sets the predetermined period according to the mode, the voltage level, and the time detected by said time measurer.