Electronic device, image processing apparatus, and device control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9407113-B2
Application number	US-201313755375-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 31, 2013
Priority date	Feb 16, 2012
Publication date	Aug 2, 2016
Grant date	Aug 2, 2016

Abstract

An electronic device includes a detecting unit configured to detect cut-off of a main power supply; a power storage unit configured to store power; a sensing unit configured to sense an amount of remaining power of the power storage unit; a determining unit configured to determine whether a functional operation designated by a user is completed with the amount of remaining power sensed by the sensing unit in a cut-off condition of the main power supply detected by the detecting unit; and an operation control unit configured to control execution of the functional operation in the cut-off condition when the determining unit determines that the functional operation is completed with the amount of remaining power.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
circuitry configured to:
detect cut-off of a main power supply;
store power in a power storage;
sense an amount of remaining power of the power storage;
determine whether at least one of a designated functional operation and other functional operations can be completed with the amount of remaining power in a cut-off condition of the main power supply;
store data related to the functional operation when it is determined that the functional operation cannot be completed with the amount of remaining power;
display various information on a display; and
display availabilities of the functional operations and the amount of remaining power of the power storage on the display.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to notify a user of a notification indicating that the functional operation is not available when it is determined that the functional operation cannot be completed with the amount of remaining power.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the notification is displayed on a display that is capable of maintaining display of information even when supply of power is cut off.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to notify a user of a notification indicating an available functional operation in the cut-off condition depending on the amount of remaining power of the power storage.

5. The electronic device according to claim 4 , wherein the notification is displayed on a display capable of maintaining display of information even when supply of power is cut off.

6. An electronic device comprising:
circuitry configured to:
detect cut-off of a main power supply;
store power in a power storage;
sense an amount of remaining power of the power storage;
determine whether at least one of a designated functional operation and other functional operations can be completed with the amount of remaining power in a cut-off condition of the main power supply;
receive designation of a functional operation to be executed from a user, wherein the functional operation designated by the user is a functional operation that is designated by the user in execution before or after the cut-off condition occurs;
store data related to the functional operation when it is determined that the functional operation cannot be completed with the amount of remaining power;
display various information on a display; and
display availabilities of the functional operations and the amount of remaining power of the power storage on the display.

7. An electronic device comprising:
circuitry configured to:
detect cut-off of a main power supply;
store power in a power storage;
sense an amount of remaining power of the power storage;
determine whether at least one of a designated functional operation and other functional operations can be completed with the amount of remaining power in a cut-off condition of the main power supply;
store data related to the functional operation when it is determined that the functional operation cannot be completed with the amount of remaining power;
display various information on a display;
display availabilities of the functional operations and the amount of remaining power of the power storage on the display; and
notify a user of a notification indicating time for replacement of the power storage based on a number of times the main power supply is cut off due to power outage.

8. The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein the notification is displayed on a display capable of maintaining display of information even when supply of power is cut off.

9. An image processing apparatus comprising:
circuitry configured to:
detect cut-off of a main power supply;
store power in a power storage;
sense an amount of remaining power of the power storage;
determine whether at least one of a designated functional operation and other functional operations can be completed with the amount of remaining power in a cut-off condition of the main power supply;
display various information on a display; and
display availabilities of the functional operations and the amount of remaining power of the power storage on the display; and
notify a user of a notification indicating time for replacement of the power storage based on a number of times the main power supply is cut off due to power outage.

10. A device control method performed in an electronic device that includes a power storage configured to store power, the device control method comprising:
detecting cut-off of a main power supply;
sensing an amount of remaining power of the power storage;
determining whether at least one of a designated functional operation and other functional operations can be completed with the amount of remaining power in a cut off condition of the main power supply;
displaying various information on a display; and
displaying, on the display, availabilities of the functional operations and the amount of remaining power of the power storage; and
notifying a user of a notification indicating time for replacement of the power storage based on a number of times the main power supply is cut off due to power outage.

11. An electronic device comprising:
circuitry configured to:
detect cut-off of a main power supply;
store power in a power storage;
sense an amount of remaining power of the power storage;
determine whether at least one of a designated functional operation and other functional operations can be completed with the amount of remaining power in a cut-off condition of the main power supply;
store data related to the functional operation when it is determined that the functional operation cannot be completed with the amount of remaining power;
display various information on a display;
display availabilities of the functional operations and the amount of remaining power of the power storage on the display; and
provide a user with an audio notification indicating that the functional operation is available when it is determined that the functional operation can be completed with the amount of remaining power.

Assignees

• Tanaka Satoshi
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tanaka Satoshi

Classifications

• Y10T307/625

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