Patent ID: 7930307
Filing Date: 2011-04-19
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image capturing apparatus comprising a processor and a memory storing a program executable by the processor for capturing an image, wherein the image capturing apparatus includes: a designation unit, to designate data stored in the memory, in accordance with an instruction from a user; a determination unit, to determine whether a format of the data designated by the designation unit is a first format, capable of forming the designated data of a plurality of pages, each of which includes control information, or a second format, where the designated data is formed of a single page that includes control information, the control information designating how to control execution of a reading operation of an image reading apparatus; an extraction unit, to extract, in accordance with a determination result of the determination unit, the control information from the designated data, wherein, if it is determined by the determination unit that the format of the designated data is the first format, the extraction unit extracts the control information from a given page of the plurality of pages of the designated data; a control unit, to control execution of a reading operation of the image reading apparatus to create image data in accordance with the control information extracted by the extraction unit; an obtaining unit, to obtain image data from the image reading apparatus under control of the control unit; and a storage unit, to store the image data obtained by the obtaining unit in a folder in which the designated data has been stored by (i) adding the obtained image data to the designated data as a new page located next to a given page of the plurality of pages of the designated data, if it is determined by the determination unit that the format of the designated data is the first format, and by (ii) storing the obtained image data as new data having a same format as the format of the designated data, if it is determined by the determination unit that the format of the designated data is the second format, wherein, if the extraction unit cannot extract the control information, the control unit controls the image reading apparatus to read image data in accordance with predetermined control information and the storage unit stores the obtained image data in the folder in which the designated data has been stored by storing the obtained image data as new data whose format is a predetermined.