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| 20080243436 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR MEASURING COOLING PERFORMANCE AND FOR DETECTING DETERIORATION IN THE PERFORMANCE - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus, includes a power consumption reading unit configured to read information corresponding to power consumption of a system, a temperature reading unit configured to read a temperature of the processor, a first storage unit configured to store power consumption P | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080301721 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a control method of an information processing device, includes measuring a movement amount of a body with a sensor, invalidating an operation of a switch which ejects an optical disc held in an optical disc drive, in a case where the movement amount of the body is a threshold value V1 or more, and validating the operation of the switch in accordance with a measured value of the sensor, after invalidating the operation of the switch. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090160811 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INPUT CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a case, a display device provided in the case, a plurality of touch switches configured to output an operation signal in accordance with the change of capacitance and arranged inside the case, two or more touch switches being arranged in the vicinity of each two adjacent sides of the display device along each side, a keyboard controller configured to receive a key code, and a touch switch controller configured to receive the operation signal of the plurality of touch switches, the touch switch controller outputting, to the keyboard controller, the key code which corresponds to simultaneous input operations of a plurality of keys allocated to the operation of a particular touch switch when the operation signal is input from the particular touch switch. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090300268 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF RECORDING USING START DATE THEREOF - According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus including: a date generating module configured to generate date information in a real time; a nonvolatile recording module configured to record the date information in a given area; and a recording control module configured to access to the given area when specific software is started, wherein the recording control module is configured to record present date information generated by the date generating module in the given area when the date information is not recorded in the given area. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100011100 | Health Check System, Server Apparatus, Health Check Method, and Storage Medium - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a transmission module configured to acquire a status information of a plurality of devices and transmit the status information to a server apparatus via the network. The server apparatus includes a storage module configured to predetermine a condition corresponding to items of status information of the devices or a combination of the items of status information of the plurality of devices and store feedback information defined in correspondence with each condition, and a notification module configured to, when the status information or the combination transmitted by the transmission module matches the predetermined condition, notify, via the network, the information processing apparatus of the feedback information corresponding to the condition and stored in the storage module. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100156908 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND POWER SAVING EFFECT DISPLAY METHOD - According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus that is operable in a first operation state and a second operation state, the apparatus including: a history storage unit configured to accumulate: a power usage reduction that is calculated based on a power usage difference between the first operation state and the second operation state; and an acquisition time at which the power usage reduction is acquired; an adding-up unit configured to add up values of the power usage reduction for a given period thereby calculating a power usage reduction amount; and an image generation unit configured to generate an image indicating a difference between the power usage reduction amount and a target value therefor and to display the image on a display device. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100241888 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND POWER-SAVING SETTING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus having a power-saving function includes a monitoring module and a power-saving setting presenting module. The monitoring module monitors a usage pattern of the information processing apparatus, and stores log information indicative of the usage pattern in a storage device. The power-saving setting presenting module determines recommended values of power-saving parameters for specifying content of the power-saving function, based on the stored log information, and to display the determined recommended values. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100275047 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND POWER-SAVING EFFECT DISPLAY METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus having a power-saving function includes a power-saving control module, a power consumption measuring module, a log accumulation module, and a log display module. The power-saving control module sets each of predetermined components in the information processing apparatus in either a normal operation state or a power-saving state, based on power-saving parameters corresponding to the predetermined components. The power consumption measuring module measures a total power amount consumed by the apparatus in a predetermined time period. The power-saving effect calculation module calculates a power-saving effect value indicative of a power amount reduced in the predetermined time period by the setting of the power-saving parameters. The log storing module stores information indicative of the total power amount and the power-saving effect value. The log display module displays cumulative values which are periodically accumulated the total power amounts and the power-saving effect values. | 10-28-2010 |
