Patent ID: 7706620
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus, electrically connected to an image forming apparatus, said information processing apparatus comprising: deciding means for making a decision on whether to generate a code image by encoding information or to transmit to said image forming apparatus a command for causing to generate the code image by encoding the information; and processing means for generating, when said deciding means makes a decision to generate the code image, the code image by encoding the information, and for transmitting the code image to said image forming apparatus, and for transmitting, when said deciding means makes a decision to transmit the command, the command to said image forming apparatus, wherein said deciding means makes a decision, according to an amount of the information to be encoded and an effective transfer amount per unit time of the information to be encoded between said image forming apparatus and said information processing apparatus, on whether to generate the code image by encoding the information or to issue the command for causing to generate the code image by encoding the information.