Patent ID: 9141317
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: a reader configured or programmed to read a document, an image processor configured or programmed to create image data of the read document, a communicator configured or programmed to transmit the created image data to an external storage device connected through a network to be saved, and to obtain the image data saved in the external storage device in response to a user operation to perform edit processing, a reduced image generator configured or programmed to create a thumbnail image based on the created image data, a storage configured or programmed to store, when transmitting the created image data to the external storage device, the thumbnail image such that the thumbnail image is linked with at least a saving destination of the image data serving as an original of the thumbnail image, and a display configured or programmed to display an operation screen, wherein the display is configured or programmed to display the thumbnail image stored in the storage to select image data for which the edit processing is performed, the communicator is configured or programmed to obtain the image data which is the original of the thumbnail image saved in the external storage device, the image processor is configured or programmed to create edit image data based on the original of the thumbnail image and an edit operation from a user, the reduced image generator is configured or programmed to create a new thumbnail image based on the edited image data, the communicator is configured or programmed to transmit the edited image data to the external storage device to be saved, and the storage is configured or programmed to store the new thumbnail image such that the new thumbnail image is linked with at least a saving destination of the edited image data serving as an original of the new thumbnail image.