Patent ID: 7746495
Filing Date: 2010-06-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image reading apparatus comprising: a reading unit, adapted to read an image and to generate image data corresponding to the image; a connecting unit, adapted to connect said image reading apparatus to a network connectable to a plurality of external devices; a checking unit, adapted to check, in a case where a processing for outputting the image data generated by said reading unit is selected, whether each of the plurality of external devices to which the image data from the reading unit may be output exists on the network currently, the checking by the checking unit being performed before the reading unit reads the image; a display unit, adapted to identify which of the plurality of external devices have been checked as currently existing on the network and to display the identified external device(s); a selecting unit, adapted to select an external device from among the external device(s) displayed by said display unit; and an outputting unit, adapted to output the image data from said reading unit to the external device selected by said selecting unit.