Patent ID: 8581990

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: a connection unit configured to be connected to a memory card with a communication function which includes a storage unit and a transmission unit configured to transmit data stored in the storage unit to an external apparatus; a reception unit configured to receive a transmission state of data stored in the memory card with the communication function from the memory card with the communication function; a discriminant unit configured to discriminate a data type that the transmission unit can transmit; and a determination unit configured to determine the transmission state of the data stored in the memory card with the communication function, wherein the reception unit receives the transmission state from the memory card with the communication function, if the data type for determining the transmission state by the determination unit is a data type that the transmission unit can transmit, and the reception unit does not receive the transmission state from the memory card with the communication function, if the data type for determining the transmission state by the determination unit is not a data type that the transmission unit can transmit.