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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2014
Applicant:
Tomoki Shibukawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Tomoki Shibukawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/5004 (2013.01); G03G 15/80 (2013.01); G06F 1/3209 (2013.01); G06F 1/3287 (2013.01); Y02D 10/171 (2018.01);
Abstract
A device includes a reception unit configured to receive, from outside the device, a usage request to use one of a plurality of hardware resources of the device; and a selection unit configured to select a combination of the plurality of hardware resources to which power is to be supplied, according to a state of the device. The selection unit restricts a selection of a combination, in which power is not supplied to the one of the plurality of hardware resources relevant to the usage request received from the reception unit, among the combinations of the plurality of hardware resources.