Adaptive Power-Saving Control for Information Processing Equipment

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing power saving settings in information processing apparatuses face a decrease in effectiveness when changed from a default setting to another setting, leading to suboptimal energy efficiency and user convenience.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus that dynamically adjusts power saving settings based on usage status, allowing for stepwise transitions between operating, standby, and power saving modes, optimizing transition times to balance energy savings and user convenience.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of energy

If the power saving setting is changed from a default setting to another setting, then the power saving effect decreases, but the user convenience increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepower saving effectVSAvoiduser convenience
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of energyVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic adjustment of power saving settings based on actual usage status. The system automatically transitions from static default settings to adaptive settings that respond to usage patterns, thereby maintaining high power saving effects while preserving user convenience through automated optimization rather than manual configuration.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system monitors usage status and feeds this information back to automatically adjust power saving settings. By implementing a feedback mechanism that tracks actual device usage patterns, the system can optimize power saving effects dynamically without requiring users to manually change settings, thus resolving the contradiction between energy efficiency and user convenience.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Loss of energy

If the transition time to power saving mode is shortened to improve energy saving, then the power saving effect increases, but the response time when resuming operation increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveenergy saving effectVSAvoidresponse time
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of energyVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent dynamically adjusts transition times based on monitored usage patterns. Instead of using fixed transition times, the system adapts the timing parameters according to actual usage status, allowing optimization of both energy saving effects and response times by selecting appropriate transition durations based on observed usage behavior.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes operational parameters (transition times) based on usage status analysis. By modifying time parameters dynamically according to monitored usage patterns, the system achieves optimal balance between energy saving effects and operational response times without being constrained by fixed parameter values.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentEP4250701B1Information processing apparatus, program, and information processing method with improved power saving
Publication Date: 2026.05.06 FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP
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AI summary

An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to change a power saving setting of an apparatus to a third setting in which a power saving effect is higher than in a second setting based on a usage status of the apparatus in a case where the power saving setting of the apparatus is changed from a first setting to the second setting, in which the first setting is a default setting of the apparatus, and the second setting is different from the third setting.