Patent ID: 9563444
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04N

Claim:
1. An image forming apparatus to which a device is connectable, comprising: a processor; and a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the image forming apparatus to function as: a creation unit configured to create a hibernation image based on data stored in a memory of the image forming apparatus; a first obtaining unit configured to obtain a first device connection state indicating a device connection state at a timing of turning off the image forming apparatus; a second obtaining unit configured to obtain a second device connection state indicating a device connection state at a timing of turning on the image forming apparatus; and a control unit configured to start the image forming apparatus by using the hibernation image, in a case that the second device connection state corresponds to the first device connection state, and start the image forming apparatus without a hibernation image, in a case that the second device connection state does not correspond to the first device connection state.