Patent ID: 7557943
Filing Date: 2009-07-07
Classification: H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An image reading apparatus, comprising: an image reader for reading a multi-page original document and obtaining multiple sets of image data; a determining device for determining whether an original document has multiple pages; a file creating portion for creating multiple image data files from the obtained image data sets, each of the created image data files being recognized as a separate image data file in an external apparatus which receives the multiple image data files; a management information creating portion for creating management information to treat the multiple image data files as a single virtual file in the external apparatus, the created management information indicating interrelationships among the multiple image data files for the multi-page original document; a first transmission portion for separately sending each multiple image data file successively to the external apparatus; and a second transmission portion for sending the management information to the external apparatus.