Image reading apparatus
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroto NAKAYAMA
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Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes: a reading unit; a transmission unit and a limiting unit. The reading unit is configured to read a document and create image data. The transmission unit supports a plurality of transmission modes, and is configured to transmit the image data to an external apparatus using at least one selected from the plurality of transmission modes. The limiting unit is configured to limit selectable transmission modes of the transmission unit based on at least one of: a user-designated attribute of the document set by a user; a reading attribute of the reading unit; and a content of the document read by the reading unit.
Claims8
An image reading apparatus comprising:
- a reading unit configured to read a document and create image data;
- a transmission unit supporting a plurality of transmission modes and configured to transmit the image data to an external apparatus using at least one selected from the plurality of transmission modes;
- and
- a limiting unit configured to limit selectable transmission modes of the transmission unit based on at least one of:
- a user-designated attribute of the document set by a user;
- a reading attribute of the reading unit;
- and a content of the document read by the reading unit.
A computer readable medium having a computer program stored thereon and readable by a computer;
- said computer program for control an image reading apparatus that comprises a reading unit configured to read a document and create image data, a transmission unit supporting a plurality of transmission modes and configured to transmit the image data to an external apparatus using at least one selected from the plurality of transmission modes, and a control unit;
- said computer program, when executed by the control unit, to cause the control unit to perform operations comprising:
- obtain at least one of a user-designated attribute of the document set by a user, a reading attribute of the reading unit, and a content of the document read by the reading unit;
- and
- limiting selectable transmission modes of the transmission unit based on the at least one of the user-designated attribute, the reading attribute and the content.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.