Information processing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium for determining communication rate

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9778729-B2
Application number	US-201514643649-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 10, 2015
Priority date	Mar 14, 2014
Publication date	Oct 3, 2017
Grant date	Oct 3, 2017

Abstract

An EEE function when an electricity saving function is enabled and a PHY communication rate setting method need to be taken into consideration. In relation to communication with an external apparatus by a communication unit, an information processing apparatus determines whether a power saving function of realizing power saving of the communication unit by stopping some of functions of the communication unit while establishing a link is enabled. In accordance with the result of the determination, a communication rate when the information processing apparatus operates in a power saving mode is decided.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A printing apparatus having an EEE (Energy Efficient Ethernet) function, comprising:
a printer;
a memory;
a processor;
a determining unit configured to determine whether or not the EEE function is enabled;
a detecting unit configured to detect that a shift condition for the printing apparatus shifting from a first power state in which power is supplied to the printer to a second power state in which power is not supplied to the printer is satisfied, wherein a communication rate in the first power state is a predetermined communication rate and the predetermined communication rate is higher than 100 Mbps; and
a changing unit configured to
change, in a case where the detecting unit detects that the shift condition is satisfied and it is determined by the determining unit that the EEE function is not enabled, a communication rate of the printing apparatus in the second power state from the predetermined communication rate to 10 Mbps, and
change, in a case where the detecting unit detects that the shift condition is satisfied and it is determined by the determining unit that the EEE function is enabled, the communication rate of the printing apparatus in the second power state from the predetermined communication rate to 100 Mbps,
wherein the determining unit, the detecting unit and the changing unit are implemented by the processor executing at least one program recorded on the memory.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined communication rate is 1000 Mbps.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the determining unit is configured to, when the detecting unit detects that the shift condition is satisfied, determine whether or not the EEE function is enabled.

4. A method of controlling a printing apparatus having an EEE (Energy Efficient Ethernet) function, the method comprising:
determining whether or not the EEE function is enabled;
detecting that a shift condition for the printing apparatus shifting from a first power state in which power is supplied to the printer to a second power state in which power is not supplied to the printer is satisfied, wherein a communication rate in the first power state is a predetermined communication rate and the predetermined communication rate is higher than 100 Mbps; and
changing, in a case where the detecting detects that the shift condition is satisfied and it is determined by the determining that the EEE function is not enabled, a communication rate of the printing apparatus in the second power state from the predetermined communication rate to 10 Mbps, and
changing, in a case where the detecting detects that the shift condition is satisfied and it is determined by the determining that the EEE function is enabled, the communication rate of the printing apparatus in the second power state from the predetermined communication rate to 100 Mbps.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method of controlling a printing apparatus having an EEE (Energy Efficient Ethernet) function, the method comprising:
determining whether or not the EEE function is enabled;
detecting that a shift condition for the printing apparatus shifting from a first power state in which power is supplied to the printer to a second power state in which power is not supplied to the printer is satisfied, wherein a communication rate in the first power state is a predetermined communication rate and the predetermined communication rate is higher than 100 Mbps; and
changing, in a case where the detecting detects that the shift condition is satisfied and it is determined by the determining that the EEE function is not enabled, a communication rate of the printing apparatus in the second power state from the predetermined communication rate to 10 Mbps, and
changing, in a case where the detecting detects that the shift condition is satisfied and it is determined by the determining that the EEE function is enabled, the communication rate of the printing apparatus in the second power state from the predetermined communication rate to 100 Mbps.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Maruhashi Kazuaki

Classifications

• G06K15/4055

  Managing power consumption, e.g. standby mode (computer driven power saving management for a printer G06F3/1221; power saving in a data processing device in general G06F1/32) · CPC title

• Y02B60/126

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• Y02B60/32

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• Y02B60/1235

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• G06F1/3284

  Power saving in printer · CPC title