Patent ID: 7941678

Claim:
An image processing apparatus, comprising: a data reading and writing unit for reading and writing data with respect to a recording medium; a data incompatibility avoiding unit for performing a data incompatibility avoiding process during reading and writing the data; an incompatibility avoiding process starting unit for detecting a cut-off signal of power and controlling the data incompatibility avoiding unit to start the data incompatibility avoiding process; and a power cut-off delaying unit for delaying cut-off of the power for a specific period of time after the cut-off signal is detected when the data incompatibility avoiding unit starts the data incompatibility avoiding process so that the data incompatibility avoiding unit performs the data incompatibility avoiding process within the specific period of time, said power cut-off delaying unit including a cut-off switch for cutting off the power and a cover for covering the cut-off switch so that the cut-off switch can be operated to cut off the power when the cover is opened, wherein said incompatibility avoiding process starting unit includes a sensor for detecting when the cover moves so that the data incompatibility avoiding unit starts the data incompatibility avoiding process when the sensor detects that the cover moves.