JP2001245079A - Picture processor, picture processing method and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a picture processor which obtains a power saving effect even in the case of interruption of execution of a job and restarts the interrupted job without trouble. SOLUTION: When it is prescribed timing to turn off a power source in the middle of execution interruption of the job, a digital copying machine writes data and the execution state of the interrupted job in a hard disk 108 to record the interrupted job, and the power source is turned off when recording of the interrupted job is terminated. When the power source is turned on, it is discriminated whether the interrupted job has been recorded in the hard disk 108 or not, and if it has been recorded there, data and the execution state of the interrupted job are read out from the hard disk 108, and processing of data of the interrupted job is restarted in accordance with the read execution state.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a storage medium capable of shutting off a power supply at a predetermined timing during interruption of job execution.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an image processing apparatus such as a copying machine, a facsimile, a printer, or the like is provided with a power saving function for forcibly shutting off a power supply according to the state of the apparatus in order to save power.

[0003]

However, in the conventional image processing apparatus, when the execution of a job is interrupted due to, for example, no paper or a paper jam, the power saving function does not operate. That is, when the execution of the job is interrupted, the main power may not be shut off and may be left for a long time with the main power turned on. As a result, electricity is wasted.

In order to solve such a situation, a method may be considered in which the main power supply is cut off when the execution of a job is interrupted. In this method, the interrupted job is canceled and the interrupted job is interrupted. It is necessary to start over the job again from the beginning, and it takes extra time to restart the job.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an image processing apparatus, an image processing method and an image processing method capable of obtaining a power saving effect even when the execution of a job is interrupted, and capable of resuming the interrupted job without any trouble. It is to provide a storage medium.

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
Power-on means for turning on power, power-off means for shutting off the power, non-volatile storage means for storing data, and a predetermined timing for shutting off the power when job execution is interrupted. Determining means for determining whether or not the job has arrived; and when the predetermined timing has arrived, an interrupted job for recording the interrupted job by writing data and an execution state of the interrupted job to the storage means. Recording means, when the recording of the interrupted job is completed, power control means for controlling the power cutoff means to cut off the power, and when the power is turned on after the power is cut off, The data and the execution state of the interrupted job are read from the storage unit, and the processing of the data of the interrupted job is resumed according to the read execution state. Characterized in that it comprises a job resuming means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the image processing apparatus according to the first aspect, further comprising a setting means for setting the predetermined timing by a user's input operation.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the image processing apparatus according to the second aspect, the setting means sets a time from the start of interruption of the job as the predetermined timing by an input operation of the user, The determination unit determines that the predetermined timing has come when the elapsed time from the start of the interruption of the execution of the job reaches the set time.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the image processing apparatus according to the second aspect, the setting means sets aging as the predetermined timing by an input operation of the user, and the determining means sets the aging of the job. When the time reaches the set time during the suspension of the execution, it is determined that the predetermined timing has come.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, an image processing apparatus includes a power-on means for turning on power, a power-off means for turning off the power, and a non-volatile storage means for storing data. An image processing method, wherein when the execution of the job is interrupted, a step of determining whether or not a predetermined timing for shutting off the power supply has arrived; and when the predetermined timing has arrived, the process of the interrupted job is performed. Recording the interrupted job by writing data and an execution state to the storage unit; and controlling the power shutoff unit to shut off the power when the recording of the interrupted job is completed. And when the power is turned on after the power is turned off, the data and the execution status of the interrupted job are read from the storage unit, and the read execution status is read. Characterized by a step resumes processing of the data of the interrupted job in accordance with the.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the image processing method according to the fifth aspect, further comprising the step of setting the predetermined timing by a user's input operation.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the image processing method according to the sixth aspect, a time from the start of the interruption of the execution of the job by the user's input operation is set as the predetermined timing, and the execution of the job is executed. When the elapsed time from the start of the suspension reaches the set time, it is determined that the predetermined timing has come.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the image processing method according to the sixth aspect, the aging is set as the predetermined timing by the user's input operation, and the time is set while the execution of the job is interrupted. When the predetermined time has come, it is determined that the predetermined timing has come.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, an image processing apparatus comprising a power-on means for turning on power, a power-off means for turning off the power, and a non-volatile storage means for storing data is executable. A storage module storing a specific program, wherein, when the execution of a job is interrupted, a determination module that determines whether a predetermined timing to shut off the power supply has arrived; and An interrupted job recording module for recording the interrupted job by writing the data and the execution state of the interrupted job to the storage unit when the job arrives; A power control module for controlling the power cutoff means so as to cut off the power supply, when the power is turned on after the power is cut off, It reads from the storage means of the interrupted job data and execution state, and having a process to resume job resumption module data of the interrupted job in accordance with the execution state of reading the.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the storage medium according to the ninth aspect, the program has a setting module for setting the predetermined timing by a user input operation.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the storage medium according to the tenth aspect, the setting module sets a time from the start of execution of the job as the predetermined timing by an input operation of the user, The determining module determines that the predetermined timing has come when the elapsed time from the start of the interruption of the execution of the job reaches the set time.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the storage medium according to the tenth aspect, the setting module sets aging as the predetermined timing by an input operation of the user, and the determination module executes execution of the job. If the time reaches the set time during the interruption of, the predetermined timing is determined to have come.

[0018]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an image processing apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a composite digital copying machine having a plurality of functions will be described as an example of an image processing apparatus.

As shown in FIG. 1, the composite digital copying machine includes a digital copying machine main body 101 and an image input / output control unit 1.
05. The digital copier main body 101 has an operation unit 102, a reader unit 103, and a printer unit 104. The operation unit 102 has various keys for inputting instructions to the digital copier main unit 101 and the image input control unit 105. Also, a liquid crystal display panel for displaying an interface screen with the user is provided, and a signal corresponding to an operation of various keys is generated and output to the reader unit 103. The contents of various keys on the operation unit 102 will be described later. The reader unit 103 reads a document image,
The image data obtained by the reading is output to the image input / output control unit 105, and a corresponding signal of the signals input from the operation unit 102 is output to the image input / output control unit 105. The printer unit 104 prints out image data input from the reader unit 103 or the image input / output control unit 105 via the reader unit 103.

The image input / output control unit 105 has a facsimile unit 106, a computer interface unit 107, a hard disk 108, and a control unit 109. The facsimile unit 106 receives the compressed image data transmitted over the telephone line, expands the received compressed image data and transfers it to the control unit 109, and compresses the image data input from the control unit 109. And a transmission function of transmitting the compressed image data to a partner device via a telephone line. The computer interface unit 107 is an interface between the host 110 or a network scanner 111 composed of a personal computer or a workstation and the control unit 109, inputs print data (PDL data) transmitted from the host 110, and converts the print data into a printer. The data is developed into image data (bitmap data) that can be processed by the unit 104 and transferred to the control unit 109. The image data from the network scanner 111 is developed into image data that can be processed by the printer unit 104 and transferred to the control unit 109.

The control unit 109 includes a reader unit 103, a facsimile unit 106, and a computer interface unit 10.
7. The data flow between the hard disk 108 and the image memory 112 is controlled. Control unit 109
Controls to write the image data from the reader unit 103, the compressed image data received by the facsimile unit 106, and the expanded image data from the host computer interface unit 107 to the hard disk 108 or the image memory 112, and It controls the reading of data from them.

Next, the reader unit 103 and the printer unit 1
The hardware configuration of No. 04 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically illustrating a hardware configuration of the reader unit 103 and the printer unit 104 of the image processing apparatus of FIG.

The reader unit 103 and the printer unit 104
As shown in FIG. 2, they are integrally configured. The reader unit 103 has a document feeder 201 mounted thereon, and the document feeder 201 feeds a document one by one sequentially from the last page onto the platen glass 202. The document is discharged from the platen glass 202 to the outside. When the document is fed onto the platen glass 102, the reader unit 103 turns on the lamp 203 and starts the movement of the scanner unit 204. This scanner unit 2
The scanning of the original on the platen glass 202 is performed by the movement of 04. During this scanning, reflected light from the original is guided to a CCD image sensor (hereinafter, referred to as a CCD) 209 via mirrors 205, 206, 207 and a lens 208, and an image on the original is formed on an imaging surface of the CCD 209. Imaged. The CCD 209 converts the image formed on the imaging surface into an electric signal, and the electric signal is input to the printer unit 104 or the image input / output control unit 105 after being subjected to predetermined processing.

The printer unit 104 includes a laser driver 22
1 and the laser driver 221 includes a reader unit 1031
Alternatively, the laser light emitting section 210 is driven based on the image data input from the image input / output control section 105. As a result, laser light corresponding to the image data is emitted from the laser light emitting unit 210, and the laser light is irradiated onto the photosensitive drum 211 while being scanned. On the photosensitive drum 211,
The irradiated laser light forms an electrostatic latent image, and this electrostatic latent image is visualized as a toner image by the toner supplied from the developing device 212. In synchronization with the laser beam irradiation timing, a sheet is fed from one of the cassettes 213 and 214 between the photosensitive drum 211 and the transfer unit 215 via a sheet feeding mechanism, and the toner image on the photosensitive drum 211 Is transferred onto the paper fed by the transfer unit 215. The sheet on which the toner image has been transferred is sent to the fixing unit 216, and the fixing unit 216 heats and presses the sheet to fix the toner image on the sheet onto the sheet. The sheet that has passed through the fixing unit 216 is discharged to a sorter 220 via a discharge roller 217. If the double-sided recording mode is set,
After the sheet is once conveyed to the position of the discharge roller 217, the discharge roller 217 is reversed and guided to the re-feeding conveyance path 219 by the flapper 218. The sheet guided to the re-feeding conveyance path 219 is fed between the photosensitive drum 211 and the transfer unit 215 at the above-described timing, and the toner image is transferred to the back surface of the sheet.

The sorter 220 has a sorter mode. When the sorter mode is set, sheets are sorted and stored in a plurality of bins (not shown). When the sorter mode is not set, the sheets are stored in the uppermost bin in the order in which they are discharged.

Next, the key arrangement of the operation unit 102 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a key arrangement of the operation unit 102 provided in the image forming apparatus of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 3, a power switch (not shown), a preheat key 302, a copy mode key 303, a fax mode key 304, a print key 305, a start key 306, and a stop key 30 are provided on the operation unit 102.
7, reset key 308, guide key 309, user mode key 310, interrupt key 311, ten key group 31
2 and a clear key 313 are provided.

When the power is turned on by the power switch, the main power lamp 301 is turned on. Preheating key 302
Is a key for turning on and off the preheating mode. A copy mode key 303 is a key for selecting a copy mode from a plurality of functions, and a fax mode key 30
Reference numeral 4 denotes a key for selecting a fax mode, and a print key 305 is a key for selecting a print mode. When this print mode is selected, the digital copying machine can be used as a printer. A start key 306 is a key for instructing the start of a reading operation of a document image (start of copying). Stop key 307
Is a key for interrupting and stopping the operation during operation.

A reset key 308 is used to initialize settings from the operation unit 102. This key functions as a key for returning to the standard mode during standby. The guide key 309 is a key for displaying a description of a function that can be set by each key on the liquid crystal display panel 316. The user mode key 310 is a key used when the user changes the basic settings of the apparatus. The interrupt key 311 is a key used to interrupt another job in the middle of the job. The clear key 313 is a key used when clearing the setting input by the ten key group 312.

The operation unit 102 has 20 one-touch dial keys 314 capable of designating a destination by one-touch in facsimile transmission, and a two-portion having a shape in which a portion corresponding to each one-touch dial key 314 is hollowed out. A set of lids 315 is provided, and a sensor (not shown) for detecting the open / closed state of each lid 315 is provided. The first state in which the two lids 315 are both closed by the sensor, and the second state in which only the first lid 315 is opened.
, And the third state in which the two lids 315 are opened are respectively detected, and the assignment of the destination to each one-touch dial key 314 is determined based on a combination with these three types of lid open / close states. In the present embodiment, 20 × 3 =
This has the same effect as the presence of 60 one-touch dial keys.

Further, the operation unit 102 has a liquid crystal display panel 316 to which a touch panel (not shown) is attached. On the liquid crystal display panel, an individual setting screen is displayed for each mode, and soft keys for performing detailed setting of the mode and the like are displayed on each mode screen as needed.

As described above, the digital copying machine of the present embodiment has each of the facsimile function, the printer function, and the copy function. Further, when the execution of the job is interrupted, the digital copier determines whether or not a predetermined timing to turn off the power has come during the interruption of the job execution. An interrupted job recording process for recording the interrupted job by writing the data and the execution state of the interrupted job to the hard disk 108, and a power-off process for turning off the power when the recording of the interrupted job is completed. Do. Here, the time from the start of the interruption of the execution of the job by the user's input operation on the operation unit 102 can be set as the predetermined timing for turning off the power. In this case, when the elapsed time from the start of the interruption of the execution of the job reaches the set time, it is determined that the predetermined timing for turning off the power has come, and the interrupted job recording process and the power-off process are performed subsequently. In addition, the time can be set as a predetermined timing by a user's input operation from the operation unit 102. In this case, when the time of the set main power shutoff timing is reached while the execution of the job is interrupted, it is determined that the predetermined timing to turn off the power has come, and the interrupted job recording process and the subsequent power off process are performed. Do. As described above, the timing for turning off the power can be set based on either the elapsed time or the time from the start of the interruption of the execution of the job.

Further, when the power is turned on, it is determined whether or not there is a record of the interrupted job in the hard disk 108. The job data and the execution status are read, and the processing of the interrupted job data is resumed according to the read execution status.

A control program for these processes is as follows:
It is stored in a ROM (not shown) in the control unit 109, and the control unit 109 realizes the above-described processing by executing a control program in the ROM.

Next, the setting of the power-off timing, the process when the job is interrupted, and the process of resuming the interrupted job will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is a view showing a power setting screen displayed on the operation unit 102 in FIG. 3 for setting a timing for turning off the power when the execution of the job is interrupted. FIG. 5 is a view showing the digital copying machine in FIG. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a control procedure when power is turned on in the digital copying machine shown in FIG.

The setting of the timing for turning off the power is as follows.
This is done on the power setting screen. In order to display the power setting screen, first, the user mode key 31
0 is pressed. By pressing the user mode key 310, a user mode setting screen is displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 316. When the power setting during job execution is selected on this user mode setting screen, switching to the power setting screen during job execution shown in FIG. 4 is performed. On the power setting screen during job execution, as shown in FIG. 4, it is possible to set whether or not to turn off the power during the interruption of job execution by using a power OFF item 401 during job execution.

Here, when the power is turned off during the interruption of the job execution, the power-off timing is set to an item 402 for turning off the power when the set time is exceeded, and an item 404 for turning off the power at the set time. Can be selected by selecting one of the following. When the item 402 is selected, the time can be set by inputting the set time into the item 403. In this case, when the elapsed time from the start of the interruption of the execution of the job reaches the set time, a cutoff command is issued. When the item 404 is selected, the setting time can be set by inputting the set time into the item 405. In this case, when the time reaches the set time while the execution of the job is suspended, a cutoff command is issued.

Next, processing when the execution of a job is interrupted will be described with reference to FIG. In this process, as shown in FIG. 5, first, in step S501, the timer for measuring the interruption time is cleared and started, and then in step S502, an event check is performed. Then, in step S503, it is determined whether or not the job interruption factor has been eliminated.
Proceeding to 504, the job interruption is released, and this processing ends.

On the other hand, if the job interruption factor has not been released, the process proceeds to step S505, where it is determined whether or not power off during job execution has been set, and power off during job execution has been set. If not, the process returns to step S502, and the event check is performed again. If the power-off during job execution has been set, the process proceeds to step S506, and it is determined whether the power-off setting has been made when the set time has elapsed. If the power-off has been set, the process proceeds to step S507. Then, it is determined whether or not the time measured by the timer for measuring the interruption time of the job execution exceeds the time set by the user. If the time measured by the timer has not exceeded the set time, the process proceeds to step S508, and it is determined whether or not the power is set to be turned off at the set time. Here, since the power is not set to be turned off at the set time, the process returns to step S502 and the event check is performed again.

If it is determined in step S507 that the time counted by the timer exceeds the set time and the time is determined to be other, the process proceeds to step S510, in which the RAM
13 stores status data such as the number of output jobs and the number of output copies of the current job, information on the first page at the time of interruption, data in the image memory 112, and the like.
In a succeeding step S511, a power-off process for turning off the power is performed. Then, the present process ends.

If it is determined in step S506 that the power is not set to be turned off when the set time is exceeded, the process advances to step S508 to determine whether the power is set to be turned off when the set time is reached. I do. If the setting to turn off the power at the set time has not been made, it is determined that neither the setting to turn off the power when the set time is exceeded, nor the setting to turn off the power at the set time has been made. Returning to step S502, the event check is performed again. If it is set to turn off the power at the set time, the process proceeds to step S509 to determine whether the current time has reached the time set by the user, and determines whether the current time has reached the time set by the user. If not, the above step S50
Return to 2 and check the event again. When the current time has reached the time set by the user, the process proceeds to step S510, and the status data such as the number of output jobs and the number of output copies of the current job held in the RAM 113 of the control unit 109, the first page information at the time of interruption, And the data of the image memory 112 are stored in the hard disk 108,
In a succeeding step S511, a power-off process for turning off the power is performed. Then, the present process ends.

Next, the processing at power-on will be described with reference to FIG. When the power is turned on, as shown in FIG. 6, first, an initialization process at the time of turning on the power is performed in step S601, and in subsequent step S602, it is determined whether or not the interrupted job is stored in the hard disk 108. If the interrupted job is not stored in this step, the process ends.

On the other hand, if the interrupted job is stored in the hard disk 108, the process proceeds to step S60.
In step S3, the data of the interrupted job from the hard disk 108 and its execution state (the data stored in the hard disk 108 in step S510) are stored in the RAM 113.
And read out on the image memory 112, and the subsequent step S
At 604, a restart process for restarting the interrupted job is executed. Then, the present process ends.

As described above, in the present embodiment, when a predetermined timing to turn off the power comes during the interruption of the job execution, the interrupted job is written by writing the data and the execution state of the interrupted job to the hard disk 108. When the recording of the interrupted job is completed, the power is turned off, so that even if the execution of the job is interrupted, it is possible to prevent the apparatus from being left for a long time while being energized. , A power saving effect can be obtained. Further, when the power is turned on, it is determined whether or not there is a record of the interrupted job in the hard disk 108. Since the data and the execution state are read, and the processing of the data of the interrupted job is resumed in accordance with the read execution state, the interrupted job can be resumed without any trouble of the user.

In this embodiment, the printer function,
A multifunction device having a copy function and a facsimile function has been described as an example, but at least one of these functions has been described.
It goes without saying that the principle of the present invention can be applied to an image processing apparatus having one function, for example, a printer function.

Further, in the present embodiment, the control program is stored in the ROM of the control unit 109, but instead of this, another storage medium (for example, CDROM, MO, F
It is also possible to configure so that the program is supplied from D). In this case, the storage medium storing the program constitutes the present invention.

[0048]

As described above, according to the image processing apparatus of the present invention, power-on means for turning on power, power-off means for turning off power, and non-volatile storage means for storing data A determination unit for determining whether a predetermined timing for turning off the power has come when the execution of the job is interrupted, and storing the data and the execution state of the interrupted job when the predetermined timing comes. Interrupted job recording means for recording the interrupted job by writing to the means, power supply control means for controlling the power cutoff means to cut off the power when the recording of the interrupted job is completed, and power supply being cut off. Then, when the power is turned on, the data and the execution state of the interrupted job are read from the storage unit, and the processing of the data of the interrupted job is performed according to the read execution state. Because and a job resuming means for opening, can be a job execution it is possible to obtain a power saving effect even when it is interrupted to resume the job that was interrupted without any trouble.

Further, by providing a setting means for setting a predetermined timing by a user's input operation, it is possible to set a timing at which a power supply desired by the user is cut off. As the predetermined timing, it is possible to set a time from the start of the interruption of the execution of the job or an aging by an input operation of the user.

According to the image processing method of the present invention, when the execution of a job is interrupted, it is determined whether or not a predetermined timing for turning off the power has come, and when the predetermined timing has come, the job is interrupted. Recording the interrupted job by writing the data and the execution state of the interrupted job to the storage unit, and controlling the power shutoff unit to shut off the power when the recording of the interrupted job ends. Reading the data and the execution state of the interrupted job from the storage unit when the power is turned on after the power is turned off, and restarting the processing of the data of the interrupted job according to the read execution state. Therefore, even when the execution of the job is interrupted, the power saving effect can be obtained, and the interrupted job can be resumed without any trouble.

Further, by providing a step of setting a predetermined timing by a user's input operation, it is possible to set a timing at which a power supply desired by the user is cut off. As the predetermined timing, it is possible to set a time from the start of the interruption of the execution of the job or an aging by an input operation of the user.

According to the storage medium of the present invention, when the execution of a job is interrupted, the program determines whether or not a predetermined timing for turning off the power has come, and a program for determining whether or not the predetermined timing has come. An interrupted job recording module for recording an interrupted job by writing data and an execution state of the interrupted job to a storage unit; and a power shutoff for shutting down the power when the recording of the interrupted job is completed. A power control module for controlling the means, and when the power is turned on after the power is turned off,
A job resuming module for reading the data and the execution state of the interrupted job from the storage unit and resuming the processing of the data of the interrupted job in accordance with the read execution state; Even in such a case, the power saving effect can be obtained, and the interrupted job can be resumed without any trouble.

Further, by providing a setting module for setting a predetermined timing by a user's input operation, it is possible to set a timing at which a power supply desired by the user is cut off. As the predetermined timing, it is possible to set a time from the start of the interruption of the execution of the job or an aging by an input operation of the user.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically illustrating a hardware configuration of a reader unit 103 and a printer unit 104 of the image processing apparatus of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an operation unit 102 provided in the image forming apparatus of FIG.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a key arrangement of FIG.

4 is a diagram showing a power setting screen displayed on the operation unit 102 in FIG. 3 for setting a timing for turning off the power when the execution of the job is interrupted.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a control procedure when job execution is interrupted in the digital copying machine of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a control procedure when power is turned on in the digital copying machine of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 101 Digital copier main body 102 Operation part 103 Reader part 104 Printer part 105 Image input / output control part 106 Facsimile part 107 Computer interface part 108 Hard disk 109 Control part 110 Host 111 Network scanner

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Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A power-on means for turning on power, a power-off means for turning off the power, a non-volatile storage means for storing data, and when execution of a job is interrupted,
Determining means for determining whether a predetermined timing for shutting down the power supply has arrived; and, when the predetermined timing has arrived, writing the data and the execution state of the interrupted job into the storage means to thereby stop the interruption. Interrupted job recording means for performing the recording of the interrupted job, power supply control means for controlling the power supply shutoff means so as to shut off the power when the recording of the interrupted job is completed, after the power supply is cut off When the power is turned on, a job resuming unit that reads data and an execution state of the interrupted job from the storage unit and resumes processing of the interrupted job data according to the read execution state. An image processing apparatus comprising: 2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising setting means for setting the predetermined timing by a user's input operation. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the setting unit sets, as the predetermined timing, a time from the start of the execution of the job by the input operation of the user, and the determining unit sets a time elapsed from the start of the interruption of the execution of the job. 3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein when the set time comes, it is determined that the predetermined timing has come. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the setting unit sets an aging as the predetermined timing by an input operation of the user, and the determining unit determines that the time reaches the set time while the execution of the job is interrupted. 3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein it is determined that a predetermined timing has arrived. 5. An image processing method used in an image processing apparatus comprising: a power-on means for turning on power; a power-off means for shutting off the power; and a non-volatile storage means for storing data. Determining whether or not a predetermined timing for turning off the power supply has arrived when the execution of the job has been interrupted; and, when the predetermined timing has arrived, the data and execution state of the interrupted job are determined. A step of recording the interrupted job by writing to the storage unit; a step of controlling the power shutoff unit to shut off the power when the recording of the interrupted job ends; When the power is turned on after the interruption, the data and the execution state of the interrupted job are read from the storage unit, and the interruption is performed according to the read execution state. Restarting the processing of the data of the job. 6. The image processing method according to claim 5, further comprising the step of setting the predetermined timing by a user's input operation. 7. A method according to claim 1, wherein a time from the start of the interruption of the execution of the job is set as the predetermined timing by an input operation of the user, and when an elapsed time from the start of the interruption of the execution of the job reaches the set time, 7. The image processing method according to claim 6, wherein it is determined that a predetermined timing has arrived. 8. The method according to claim 8, wherein the aging is set as the predetermined timing by the input operation of the user, and when the time reaches the set time while the execution of the job is interrupted, it is determined that the predetermined timing has arrived. 7. The image processing method according to claim 6, wherein: 9. A storage for storing a program executable by an image processing apparatus, comprising: a power-on means for turning on power; a power-off means for turning off the power; and a non-volatile storage means for storing data. A medium, wherein the program is configured to determine whether or not a predetermined timing for turning off the power supply has arrived when execution of a job has been interrupted, and that the program has been interrupted when the predetermined timing has come. An interrupted job recording module for recording the interrupted job by writing the data and execution status of the interrupted job to the storage unit, and shutting off the power when the recording of the interrupted job is completed. A power supply control module for controlling a power supply cutoff unit; and, when the power supply is turned on after the power supply is turned off, the interruption from the storage unit. A storage medium, comprising: a job resuming module that reads out data and an execution state of the job that has been read, and resumes processing of the data of the interrupted job in accordance with the read out execution state. 10. The storage medium according to claim 9, wherein said program has a setting module for setting said predetermined timing by a user's input operation. 11. The setting module sets, as the predetermined timing, a time from the start of execution of the job according to an input operation of the user, and the determination module sets a time elapsed from the start of interruption of execution of the job. 11. The storage medium according to claim 10, wherein when the set time comes, it is determined that the predetermined timing has come. 12. The setting module sets aging as the predetermined timing by an input operation of the user, and the determination module sets the time when the set time is reached while the execution of the job is interrupted. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein it is determined that a predetermined timing has come.
0 storage medium.