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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2012
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuhiko Yanagawa, Inagi, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus that is capable of reducing power consumption. A power supply unit supplies electric power to devices including first and second devices of the apparatus. A power-state-switching unit switches a power state of the apparatus among a first power state in which the power supply unit supplies power to the devices, a second power state in which the power supply unit does not supply power to the first device without supplying power from a secondary battery to the devices, and a third power state in which the secondary battery supplies power to the second device. A control unit controls so that the secondary battery is charged by the power supplied from the power supply unit in the first power state, and to control so that the secondary battery is not charged by the power supplied from the power supply unit in the second and third power states.