Electronic device and control method for the same that allows an operation that reduces the amount of a greenhouse gas emission to be selectable in its operation stage

摘要

An electronic device includes an input acceptance section that accepts an input of a command that causes any one of a plurality of operation states to be selected; a function section that has a plurality of operation states that differ in power consumption and that operates in an operation state selected from among the plurality of operation states; a storage section that pre-stores a reference value, power consumption values corresponding to the plurality of operation states and a conversion factor; and a control section that multiplies a difference between the power consumption value of the selected operation state and the reference value by the conversion factor, obtains an increased/decreased amount of emitted greenhouse gas, and causes the increased/decreased amount, which indicates whether or not the power consumption value of the selected operation state is lower than the reference value, to appear on a display section.

主权项

1. An electronic device comprising:
an input acceptance section that accepts an input of a command that causes any one of a plurality of operation states to be selected; a function section that has a plurality of operation states that differ in power consumption and that operates in an operation state represented by the command that is input to the input acceptance section from among the plurality of operation states; a storage section that pre-stores a power consumption reference value that is power consumption corresponding to an amount of emitted greenhouse gas as a comparison reference that denotes whether the amount of the emitted greenhouse gas increases or decreases; power consumption values corresponding to the plurality of operation states; and a conversion factor based on which power consumption is converted into the amount of the emitted greenhouse gas; and a control section that reads from the storage section a power consumption value corresponding to an operation state represented by the command that is input to the input acceptance section, multiplies a difference between the power consumption value that has been read and the power consumption reference value by the conversion factor, obtains an increased/decreased amount of the emitted greenhouse gas that is a comparison value with the amount of the emitted greenhouse gas as the comparison reference, and either causes the increased/decreased amount of the emitted greenhouse gas to appear on a display section as a reduction amount if the power consumption value corresponding to the operation state represented by the command is lower than the consumption power reference value or causes the increased/decreased amount of the emitted greenhouse gas to appear on the display section as an increased amount or a zero value if the power consumption value corresponding to the operation state represented by the command is greater than the power consumption reference value.