Patent ID: 8009220

Claim:
A communication apparatus comprising: a reading unit configured to read image data from a recording medium; a display unit configured to display an image according to the image data read from the recording medium, a positional state of the display unit being changeable between an open state and a closed state; a communication unit configured to communicate with an external device via wireless communication, the communication unit transmitting the image data read from the recording medium to the external device via the wireless communication; a control unit configured to control operation of the communication unit according to the positional state of the display unit, the control unit controlling the communication unit such that the communication unit communicates with the external device and the image data read out from the recording medium is transmitted to the external device if the display unit is in the open state, and the communication unit maintains communication with the external device and the image data read out from the recording medium is inhibited from being transmitted to the external device if the display unit is in the closed state.