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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2005
Tatsuya Aoyagi, Tachikawa, JP;
Hideyuki Umezu, Oume, JP;
Hironori Motoe, Oume, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A device state control method for use in an information processing apparatus that has a body, a device connectable to the body, a storage portion which stores information of a state of power supply to the device, the device state control method including: determining whether the information of state of power supply stored in the storage portion is information of power-supply OFF state or not, after instructing to shift the state of the power supply to the device from the power-supply OFF state into a power-supply ON state; and starting the power supply to the device, when the information of power-supply OFF state is stored in the storage portion.