Patent ID: 6563961
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A data communication apparatus comprising:an inputter, which inputs data representing a nonstandard size of an image; a detector, which detects a size and orientation of the nonstandard size of the image based on the data input by said inputter; a determiner, which determines whether the image should be rotated in accordance with a detection result obtained from said detector; a converter, which converts the data input by said inputter so that an image represented by the data will be rotated when said determiner determines that the image should be rotated; a selector, which selects the data converted by said converter in accordance with a determination result by said determiner; a processor, which processes the data so that a length of at least one side of an image represented by the data input by said inputter will correspond to a standard size, and a transmitter, which transmits the data after the data is processed by said processor; wherein said determiner determines whether the image should be rotated in accordance with whether an amount of data decreases when the data is transmitted by said transmitter.