Patent ID: 8731611
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: H04N,H04W

Abstract:
1. An image communication apparatus provided with an image input unit and a wireless communication unit, wherein: the image input unit includes: an image input device constructed to input a reference image having a reference image size; a conversion device constructed to convert the reference image to a first image sized different from the reference image size; and a first wireless communication device constructed to wirelessly transmit the first image as converted by the conversion device to the wireless communication unit, using a first wireless communication method, wherein the conversion device converts the reference image to a second image sized smaller than the reference image size for causing a user to confirm the second image at the wireless communication unit, and wherein the conversion device converts the reference image to a third image for transmitting the third image to a destination apparatus via the wireless communication unit in accordance with destination information about the destination apparatus to which the third image is transferred via the wireless communication unit, and wherein the first wireless communication device wirelessly transmits the second image to the wireless communication unit for causing the user to confirm the second image at the wireless communication unit before the wireless communication unit transmits the third image to the destination apparatus, and wherein the first wireless communication device wirelessly transmits the third image to the wireless communication unit, in response to an instruction from the wireless communication unit, for transmitting the third image to the destination apparatus, and the wireless communication unit includes: a second wireless communication device constructed to receive the second image and the third image transmitted by the first wireless communication device, using the first wireless communication method; a confirmation device constructed to cause the user to confirm the second image; an instruction device constructed to instruct the image input unit to transmit the third image after the user confirms the second image; and a third wireless communication device constructed to wirelessly transmit the third image received by the second wireless communication device to the destination apparatus via a wireless base station, using a second wireless communication method.