Patent ID: 8682196

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: a first drive unit and a second drive unit driven based on electric power supplied thereto; a control unit controlling electric power supply to each of the first and the second drive units; and an operation information input unit inputting sequentially first operation information and second operation information, the second operation information designating a process, wherein, in a case where a limitation is placed on the electric power supply to the first and the second drive units, when the first operation information is input, the control unit removes the limitation on the electric power supply to the first and the second drive units based on the input of the first operation information, and thereafter, upon the second operation information being input, the control unit determines which of the first and the second drive units is used in a designated process based on the second operation information, and limits the electric power supply to the second drive unit when the first drive unit is being used, and limits the electric power supply to the first drive unit when the second drive unit is being used.