Patent ID: 7724291

Claim:
An image input apparatus comprising: a connection unit capable of connecting with a detachable storage medium; a first storage unit that stores a program for controlling the image input apparatus and also stores a user interface image to be displayed on a display unit; a bus communicably coupled with the first storage unit and the connection unit; a second storage unit that stores the program transferred from the first storage unit, the second storage unit not being communicably coupled with the bus; a container unit adapted to contain the detachable storage medium; a detecting unit adapted to detect whether a cover of the container unit is open; and a control unit configured to use the bus to access one of the detachable storage medium and the first storage unit, wherein if the control unit determines that the cover is open, the control unit disables access from the control unit to the first storage unit, the control unit controls the image input apparatus in accordance with the program stored in the second storage unit while the cover is open, and if the control unit determines that the cover is not open, the control unit allows to transfer the user interface image from the first storage unit to the second storage unit so that the user interface image can be displayed on the display unit.