Patent ID: 9648201
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. An image reading apparatus, comprising: a reading unit configured to optically read an original and to output image data corresponding to the original; and a hardware processor configured to convert the image data into converted data having a predetermined format, store the converted data having the predetermined format, which is obtained by converting the image data, transfer the converted data to a designated destination, judge whether the converted data can be transferred to the designated destination, and instruct the image reading apparatus to execute a process for reading the original by the reading unit and for converting the image data output from the reading unit to store the converted data in a storing unit regardless of whether the hardware processor judges that the converted data can be transmitted, and to instruct the image reading apparatus to transfer the converted data after the hardware processor judges that the converted data can be transmitted, wherein after the reading unit finishes reading all pages of the original, the hardware processor judges whether the converted data for all pages of the original can be transferred to the destination, and wherein after the hardware processor judges that the converted data for all pages of the original can be transferred to the destination, the hardware processor changes a transfer route so as to transfer the converted data to the destination without using the storing unit, and instructs the image reading apparatus to read the converted data which was stored in the storing unit before the transfer route is changed, from the storing unit and to transfer the read converted data to the destination.