Title: Information processing device, power supply control method, and computer program
Application Number: 200610162184 Application Date: 2006.12.07
Publication Number: 1980328 Publication Date: 2007.06.13
Approval Pub. Date: Granted Pub. Date:
International Classifi-cation: H04N5/232;G01S5/00;G01S5/14
Applicant(s) Name: Sony Corp. Address:
Inventor(s) Name: Ueno Ichiro;Liao Baiping
Attorney & Agent: liwei
Abstract:
    Disclosed herein is an information processing device including: a global positioning system (GPS) device configured to execute position calculation processing based on data received from a satellite; a power supply controller configured to control power supply to the GPS device; and a device controller configured to monitor a state of use of the information processing device by a user and calculate a use frequency per unit time, the device controller causing the power supply controller to intermittently supply power to the GPS device if the calculated use frequency is lower than a predefined threshold value.
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