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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2000
Tetsushi Nomoto, Yokohama, JP;
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
It is an object of the present invention to provide an electric appliance that can save the standby power consumption, in particular, to provide an electric appliance that can save the standby power consumption without sacrificing the convenience of a remote controller and the effect of the warm-up. An electric appliance capable of saving power consumption, the electric appliance having its original function, comprises a first unit having an active state for performing the original function and a rest state, a first power consumption occurring in the active state, a second unit having an effective state capable of causing the first unit to change from the rest state to the active state and an ineffective state incapable of causing the change in the first unit, a second power consumption less than the first power consumption occurring in the effective state and a third unit that changes the second unit from the ineffective state to the effective state when a first predetermined condition is satisfied, whereby the second power consumption is saved until the first predetermined condition is satisfied.