Patent ID: 6734988
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: G03G,G06K,H04N

Abstract:
An image reader comprising:an image sensor for converting optical information from an original image into an electric signal; an analog-to-digital converter for converting said electric signal given by said image sensor into a digital image signal; an image processor for processing said digital image signal to produce image data; an interface for transmitting said image data to an external equipment; means for accessing a removable storage medium; means for selecting either transmitting said image data to said external equipment by said interface or storing said image data into a removable storage medium by said accessing means to give said image data to said external equipment wherein the removable storage medium is ejected from the image reader and then inserted into said external equipment; and means for controlling said image processor according to read control parameters, which include at least a read resolution information, stored in said removable storage medium, so that image data is stored in the removable storage medium, wherein the read control parameters have been generated and stored by other external equipment that is not an image reader.