Motor control apparatus for detecting rotor positions of a plurality of motors and image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a rotating member for conveying a sheet along a conveyance path;
• an image forming unit configured to form an image on the sheet that is conveyed on the conveyance path;
• a plurality of motors that include first to Nth motors (N is an integer of two or greater) for driving the rotating member or the image forming unit;
• and
• a motor control apparatus that controls the plurality of motors,
• wherein the motor control apparatus includes:
• an excitation unit configured to excite a plurality of excitation phases of each of a plurality of motors that include first to Nth motors (N is an integer of two or greater), based on an input voltage;
• and
• a control unit configured to control the excitation unit, and to detect rotor positions of the respective first to Nth motors,
• wherein, in a case where detecting the rotor positions, a peak of excitation currents of the first motor does not overlap a peak of excitation currents of a second motor.