CONTROLLING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS

• US 20110254784A1
• Filed: 04/06/2011
• Published: 10/20/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: YAMADA, Yusuke
• Application Number:
  US13/081,333
• Publication Number:
  US 20110254784A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/32 Means for saving power
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A controlling method performed by an information processing apparatus including an input device and a CPU, includes: acquiring input data including input position information indicating an input position at which an input is made in the input device; determining whether or not the input position indicated by the input position information included in the input data corresponds to a predetermined enterable area; and switching, when the CPU is in a first operating state and it is determined that the input position corresponds to the enterable area, the CPU from the first operating state to a second operating state where the power consumption is greater than that in the first operating state.

Claims

1. A controlling method performed by an information processing apparatus including an input device and a CPU, comprising:

acquiring input data including input position information indicating an input position at which an input is made in the input device;

determining whether or not the input position indicated by the input position information included in the input data corresponds to a predetermined enterable area; and

switching, when the CPU is in a first operating state and it is determined that the input position corresponds to the enterable area, the CPU from the first operating state to a second operating state where the power consumption is greater than that in the first operating state.

2. The controlling method according to claim 1, further comprising causing a storage section to store information indicating an area where an input can be made in the input device as information indicating the enterable area when the CPU transitions from the second operating state to the first operating state, wherein

it is determined with reference to the information indicating the enterable area stored in the storage section whether or not the input position specified by the input data corresponds to the enterable area.

3. The controlling method according to claim 1, further comprising transferring the input data to the CPU when the CPU is in the second operating state.

4. The controlling method according to claim 1, further comprising transferring the input data to the CPU when the CPU is in the first operating state and it is determined that the input position corresponds to the enterable area.

5. The controlling method according to claim 4, wherein

when the CPU receives the input data in the first operating state, the CPU can be switched from the first operating state to the second operating state, and

the input data is transferred to the CPU when it is determined that the input position corresponds to the enterable area, whereby the CPU is switched from the first operating state to the second operating state.

6. An information processing apparatus comprising:

an input device;

a CPU;

an acquiring section that acquires input data including input position information indicating an input position at which an input is made in the input device;

a determining section that determines whether or not the input position indicated by the input position information included in the input data corresponds to a predetermined enterable area; and

a state switching section that switches, when the CPU is in a first operating state and it is determined by the determining section that the input position corresponds to the enterable area, the CPU from the first operating state to a second operating state where the power consumption is greater than that in the first operating state.