Patent ID: 7929172

Claim:
An image supply device for communication with an external device and supplying image data to the external device, the image supply device comprising: a mounting unit that attaches a recording medium for storing image data to the image supply device; a communication unit that performs a communication with the external device, wherein during the communication, the external device requests image data from said image supply device using a number of object handles that designate image data stored in the storage medium; a setting unit that sets a first object handle for original image data stored in the storage medium, and sets a second object handle for image data corresponding to the original image data that is subjected to predetermined image processing; a determination unit that determines which of the first object handle and the second object handle is used in a request when the request for image data is received from the external device; an image processing unit that processes the original image data associated with the first object handle corresponding to the second object handle if the determination unit determines that the second object handle is used in the request; and a communication control unit that (i) transmits the original image data associated with the first object handle to the external device via the communication unit if the determination unit determines that the first object handle is used in the request, and (ii) transmits image data processed by the image processing unit to the external device via the communication unit if the determination unit determines that the second object handle is used in the request.