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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Naoki Shimada, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
39575005 ; 39575003 ; 39575006 ; 395282 ; 395283 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a battery powered computer, for which operating power is provided by a battery. A battery powered computer according to the present invention comprises a detector for detecting a connection state for the battery powered computer and an external device, and a determiner for, when a request is made to shift to a suspend mode in which consumption of power supplied by the battery is lower than in a normal state, at least determining, in consonance with the connection state detected by the detector, whether or not an operation mode is to be shifted to a suspend mode.