Patent ID: 6069983
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An image data transmitting/receiving apparatus, comprising:a document table;a scanning unit configured to scan a document on the document table in a main scanning direction and a sub scanning direction perpendicular to the main scanning direction to read image data of the document, the document having long sides and short sides perpendicular to the long sides, and the scanning unit further configured to read the image data at a first resolution along the main scanning direction and at a second resolution along the sub scanning direction when the short sides of the document are parallel to the main scanning direction;a transmitting unit communicatively coupled to the scanning unit and configured to transmit the image data of the document scanned by the scanning unit to an external device;a resolution setting unit communicatively coupled to the scanning unit and configured to determine which of the long and short sides of the document on the document table are parallel to the main scanning direction of the scanning unit, and, when the long sides of the document are parallel to the main scanning direction, to set a resolution along the main scanning direction of the scanning unit and a resolution along the sub scanning direction of the scanning unit to the second resolution and the first resolution, respectively;a first control unit communicatively coupled to the scanning unit and configured to control the scanning unit such that the scanning unit scans the document at the resolution set by the resolution setting unit; anda second control unit communicatively coupled to the transmitting unit and configured to control the transmitting unit such that the image data of the document scanned by the scanning unit is rotated 90 degrees and the rotated image data is transmitted by the transmitting unit.