Patent ID: 7911647
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A reader apparatus, comprising: a reading part configured to read an image of an original material; a coding part configured to code data of the read image of the original material; an image memory configured to contain the coded data of the image of the original material; and a controller configured to control the reading of the image of the original material and the coding of the data of the image of the original material, wherein the coding part includes a counting part configured to count a number of lines of the image of the original material, the number of lines indicating a size of the image of the original material in an original material feed direction in which the original material is fed; a provisional coding part configured to code the data of the image of the original material with a provisional number of lines in response to the size of the image of the original material in the original material feed direction being unknown; and a determination part configured to determine the number of lines of the image of the original material at an end of the reading of the image of the original material, and the controller includes a replacement part configured to replace the provisional number of lines in the coded data with the determined number of lines.