Patent ID: 9041950
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus configured to perform job processing, the image forming apparatus comprising: a switching unit configured to switch a power supply source from a main power source to a power storage unit according to the image forming apparatus shifting to a power failure state; a reception unit configured to receive a job; a calculation unit configured to calculate a first power amount to be consumed when processing the received job if the power supply source is the power storage unit at the time the job is received; a detection unit configured to detect a second power amount stored in the power storage unit; a determining unit configured to determine whether the received job can be executed based on the detected second power amount and the calculated first power amount; and a control unit configured to process the job if the determining unit determines that the received job can be executed, and to control so as not to accept a job subsequently received by the reception unit while processing the job.