Patent ID: 8416478

Claim:
An image reading apparatus comprising: an image reading unit configured to read an image and generate data of the image; a receiving unit configured to receive an instruction for previewing the image read by said image reading unit; a determining unit configured to determine whether a destination of the data of the image generated by said image reading unit includes a predetermined storage of the image reading apparatus; and a control unit configured to: generate a preview image based on the data of the image generated by said image reading unit in a case where the instruction has been received by said receiving unit, the preview image allowing an operator to preview the image read by said image reading unit; generate the preview image without receiving the instruction based on the data of the image generated by said image reading unit to display the preview image in accordance with the instruction received after generating the preview image, in a case where the instruction has not been received by said receiving unit and said determining unit determines that the destination includes the predetermined storage, the preview image being stored in the predetermined storage of the image reading apparatus and allowing an operator to preview the image read by said image reading unit; and not generate the preview image in a case where the instruction has not been received by said receiving unit and said determining unit determines that the destination does not include the predetermined storage.