Patent ID: 9699330
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a setting unit configured to set a destination; a scanning unit configured to scan at least a part of a plurality of documents and generate image data; a transmission unit configured to transmit the image data; a control unit configured to perform control such that, when a plurality of destinations that correspond to communication sessions different from each other is set by the setting unit, a reception unit configured to receive a designation of a format of image data to be transmitted by the transmission unit; and a determination unit configured to determine whether transmission of image data needs a plurality of communication sessions on the basis of the destination set by the setting unit, wherein, in a case where the determination unit determines that a plurality of communication sessions is not needed, the control unit performs control such that image data is converted into a file on the basis of a format received by the reception unit and the file is transmitted and, in a case where the determination unit determines that a plurality of communication sessions is needed, even if the format received by the reception unit is a format that stores a plurality of pages of image data in a single file, the control unit performs control such that each page of image data is converted into a respective file of a plurality of files and the obtained files are transmitted, and wherein a part of the control unit is implemented by a processor and a memory.