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Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 08, 2010
Applicants:

Ryo Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;

Masato Kajimoto, Chiba, JP;

Inventors:

Ryo Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;

Masato Kajimoto, Chiba, JP;

Assignee:

SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 (2006.01); H02J 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 1/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A power supply unit includes a communication unit and a control unit. The communication unit is capable of communicating with a different power supply unit. The control unit determines a number of processing units connected thereto, controls powers of the processing units connected thereto so that one of a turn-on operation and a turn-off operation is performed on the powers of the processing units in sequence, and controls the powers of the processing units connected thereto so that one of the turn-on operation and the turn-off operation is performed on the powers in a predetermined priority order in a relationship with processing units connected to the different power supply unit through communication with the different power supply unit.


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