Patent ID: 8427679
Filing Date: 2013-04-23
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image communication apparatus that includes an image-data receiving unit that receives image data, a storing unit that stores therein the image data received by the image-data receiving unit, and an output unit that outputs the image data stored in the storing unit, the image communication apparatus comprising: a scanning unit configured to scan the image data output by the output unit; a difference extracting unit configured to extract a difference between the image data scanned by the scanning unit and the image data stored in the storing unit; a difference determining unit configured to determine whether the difference extracted by the difference extracting unit satisfies a predetermined condition based on condition information obtained together with the image data; and a control unit configured to control transmission of a message to a transmission source of the image data based on a result determined by the difference determining unit; wherein the difference extracting unit is further configured to extract a color difference, and wherein the condition information includes information specifying a hue range, and the difference extracting unit is further configured to extract the color difference when an image included in the image data stored in the storing unit belongs to the hue range specified in the predetermined condition.