Patent ID: 7394490
Filing Date: 2008-07-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image scanning apparatus comprising: an image data scanning section for scanning image data; a sound recording section for recording sound data; a character inputting section for inputting second character data; a display selecting section for displaying unitarily an item of additional information to be added to image data taken by said image data scanning section and a content corresponding to said item, and for selecting the displayed additional information and updating the selected additional information; and a recording medium for recording as one file the additional information attached as a header of the image data taken in the image scanning section, wherein said additional information is composed of at least one of first character data previously set, the sound data recorded in said sound recording section and the second character data inputted in said character inputting section; said display selecting section further includes a sound inputting-updating portion for updating at least one portion of a composition of the selected additional information to the sound data recorded in the sound recording section, and the additional information selected and updated in the display selecting section is attached as the header of the image data taken in the image scanning section and is recorded in the recording medium as the one file.