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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2015
Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho, Aichi, JP;
Tetsuya Kawamura, Aichi, JP;
Masayuki Kawamura, Aichi, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A portable device having a built-in electronic component has normal mode, in which the electronic component functions, and power saving mode, in which power less than that consumed in the normal mode is consumed. The portable device is provided with: a use state detection unit that detects the in-use state or the non in-use state of the portable device; and a mode control unit that shifts the mode of the portable device to the power saving mode, in the cases where a fixed time has elapsed after the use state detection unit detected that the state of the portable device is shifted to the non in-use state.