Patent ID: 8482773
Filing Date: 2013-07-09
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image reading apparatus comprising: a reading unit configured to read an original and generate image data representing the original; a communication unit configured to communicate with an information processing device; an acquisition unit configured to acquire, by using the communication unit, a profile capable of being set as processing for reading the original and generating the image data by the reading unit and transmitting the generated image data; a display control unit configured to re-classify settings of the profile, which has been acquired by the acquisition unit, for the purpose of display on a display unit of the image reading apparatus, and to cause an item that has been generated based upon the re-classified settings to be displayed on the display unit; a transmission unit configured to, based upon selection of the item displayed on the display unit by the display control unit, transmit information of the profile corresponding to this item to the information processing device; and an image transmission unit configured to transmit the image data generated by the reading unit to the information processing device in accordance with a request, which is transmitted from the information processing device, for transmission of the image data.