Patent ID: 7710589

Claim:
An image transmitting apparatus comprising: an image reading component that reads a document image to which a first address information has been added, the first address information being coded; an address information decoding component that decodes the first address information added to the document image that the image reading component has read; an address information input component that receives input of a second address information with respect to the document image; a match determining component that determines whether or not the second address information that the address information input component has received and the first address information that the address information decoding component has decoded match; a transmitting component that transmits the document image in accordance with the determination result of the match determining component; a decoding determining component that determines whether or not the address information decoding component is able to normally implement decoding of the first address information; a re-input requesting component that requests re-input of the second address information with respect to the address information input component when the decoding determining component has determined that the address information decoding component is not able to normally implement decoding of the first address information; and a control component that controls the transmitting component to transmit the document image in accordance with the second address information that the address information input component has received when the sets of the second address information that the address information input component has received before and after the re-input requesting component requests the re-input match each other.