Patent ID: 6930789
Filing Date: 2005-08-16
Classification: G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling a receiving apparatus which processes an image, said method comprising the steps of: receiving data of the image, the data being transmitted from a transmitting apparatus which is connected through a network; judging a format of the data received in said receiving step, the format indicating whether an area analyzing processing and a character recognition processing are executed for the image by the transmitting apparatus; executing the area analyzing processing and the character recognition processing for the data based on the format of the data judged in said judging step; and outputting the data for which both the area analyzing processing and the character recognition processing have been executed, wherein said executing step includes executing both the area analyzing processing and the character recognition processing if it is judged in said judging step that the area analyzing processing and the character recognition processing are not executed for the data by the transmitting apparatus, and wherein said executing step includes executing the character recognition processing for the data if it is judged in said judging step that the area analyzing processing is executed for the data by the transmitting apparatus and the character recognition processing is not executed for the data by the transmitting apparatus.