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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2005
Kazuhiro Yamaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kuriko Takeshima, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Yamaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kuriko Takeshima, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electronic apparatus according to the present invention comprises a main unit which stops operation when receiving an apparatus control signal Sspecifying a standby state while in a normal state, and then outputs an operating state signal Sindicating that the main unit is in the standby state; and begins operation when receiving an apparatus control signal Sfor selecting the normal state while in the standby state, and then outputs an operating state signal Sindicating that the main unit is in the normal state; and a sub-unit which stops operation when, while operating, receiving an IC card detection signal Sindicating that the reading of an IC cardis possible and also receiving the operating state signal Sindicating that the main unit is in the standby state from the main unit, and brings part of its functional blocks into operation when, while not operating, receiving the operating state signal Sindicating that the main unit is in the normal state from the main unit.