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Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017

Filed:

Apr. 16, 2015
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Kenji Nariai, Shiojiri, JP;

Makoto Noguchi, Shiojiri, JP;

Toshiki Takei, Shiojiri, JP;

Tsutomu Kasai, Shimosuwa-machi, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01); B41J 29/393 (2006.01); G06F 1/10 (2006.01); G06F 13/24 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/393 (2013.01); G06F 1/10 (2013.01); G06F 1/32 (2013.01); G06F 13/24 (2013.01); G06K 15/00 (2013.01); G06F 1/3203 (2013.01); G06F 1/3243 (2013.01); G06F 9/505 (2013.01); G06F 9/5088 (2013.01); G06F 9/5094 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1228 (2013.01);
Abstract

Efficient power conservation is enabled using a configuration having multiple processors. A printing device has a first processor unit that runs a program stored in a first memory, and a second processor unit that runs a program stored in a second memory, and has operating modes including a normal mode in which the first processor unit and the second processor unit operate according to a normal clock, and a first power conservation mode in which, after going to a state enabling the first processor unit to execute some processes of the second processor unit, the first processor unit operates according to the normal clock, and the second processor operates according to a slow clock having an operating frequency lower than the normal clock.


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