Patent ID: 8335007

Claim:
An image processing apparatus connectable to a communication line, comprising: a facsimile image reception portion for obtaining a facsimile image which is received through the communication line; an image storage portion for storing the facsimile image which is obtained by the facsimile image reception portion; a destination storage portion for storing at least one transfer destination of the facsimile image in association with a set value for limiting received data for each transfer destination; a character recognition portion for obtaining character data by character recognition of the facsimile image which is obtained by the facsimile image reception portion; a character recognition operation control portion for controlling whether or not character recognition by the character recognition portion is continued by comparing the set value for limiting received data to character data which is obtained by the character recognition portion; and an electronic mail creation portion for creating an electronic mail in which character data obtained by the character recognition portion is described in a body of the electronic mail.