Information processing apparatus and method for supplying electrical power

摘要

An information processing apparatus includes: a plurality of electric power generating elements; detection means for determining whether each of the plurality of electric power generating elements has an electromotive force equal to or higher than a predetermined value; determination means determining an input operation performed by a user by identifying an electric power generating element having an electromotive force below the predetermined value when at least one of the plurality of electric power generating elements is determined as having an electromotive force below the predetermined value according to the detection means; processing means carrying out a process associate with the input operation determined by the determination means; and bypass means which is provided in parallel with the electric power generating elements and through which a current flows when the electric power generating elements have an electromotive force below the predetermined value.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
a user interface including a plurality of electric power generating elements; a monitoring unit configured to monitor whether each electric power generating element in the plurality of electric power generating elements has an electromotive force of at least a first predetermined value; an identification unit configured to identify a first electric power generating element in the plurality of electric power generating elements having an electromotive force below the first predetermined value according to the monitoring unit; and a plurality of bypass units, including a first bypass unit in parallel with the first electric power generating element, wherein a current flows through the first bypass unit when the first electric power generating element identified by the identification unit has an electromotive force below the first predetermined value.