To solve the problem that restoration procedures from a power-saving mode differ in each company and the restoration procedures from the power-saving mode are not determined, even in a standard or the like guaranteeing the mutual connectability of information household electrical appliances among different makers in the information household electrical appliances capable of being connected to a home network.
In a network processor 22, a protocol processing means 26 analyzes a command received through a network communication means 27, and a command selecting means 25 selects whether or not the command analyzed by the protocol processing means 26 requires access to a main operation section 23. In the network processor 22, a starting means 29 is informed of a start requirement when the command requiring the access is decided. The starting means 29 informs the main operation section 23 of the received starting requirement, and the main operation section 23 conducts a restoration operation from the power saving mode.
Tomoyasu Sakaguchi
Hiroki Naito
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