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US 7,454,441 B2Granted
Image forming apparatus, image reading apparatus and program
AssigneeKonica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
InventorsKoichi Shibata, Hideyuki Matsuda
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Abstract
The MFP 101 compresses the image data read by the scanner 102 using the JBIG format, and then stores the image data in the image-data storing unit 104. The converting unit 109 of the MFP 101 converts the stored image data into a specific file format and then outputs this converted image data. Herewith, the user need not have the MFP read the original source once again even when image data of that source is requested to be output in a different file format.
Claims11
An image-forming apparatus for copying an original source, comprising:
- an image reading unit operable to read image data from the original source;
- an image-data storing unit operable to store the read image data in a predetermined file format wherein the image-data storage unit uses only one type of file format as the predetermined filed format, and the predetermined file format is a compression format for compressing the read image data;
- an image forming unit operable to form an image on a recording medium by reading out the stored image data;
- an output-instruction receiving unit operable to receive an output instruction including specification information for specifying a file format that is to be used for outputting the stored image data;
- a converting unit operable to convert the stored image data into the file format specified by the specification information;
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- an output unit operable to output the converted image data to a destination;
- an image compressing unit operable to compress the read image data in the compression format, and send the compressed image data to the image-data storing unit;
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- an image expanding unit operable to expand the compressed image data using an expansion format corresponding to the compression format, and send the expanded image data to the image forming unit and the converting unit.
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An image data transmission apparatus, comprising:
- an image data storing unit operable to store image data from an original source in a predetermined storage format in a storage medium;
- an output instruction receiving unit operable to receive an output instruction including destination information for specifying an output destination for the image data stored in the storage medium wherein the output instruction received by the output instruction receiving unit includes an output format specification information;
- an output format deciding unit operable to decide on an output format of the image data, wherein the output format is one of a plurality of output formats and wherein the output format deciding unit is operable to decide on the output format consistent with the output format specified in the output format specification information;
- a converting unit operable to convert the image data stored in the storage medium from the predetermined storage format to the output format decided by the output format deciding unit;
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- an output transmission unit operable to transmit the converted image data to the destination specified in the destination information;
- wherein when the output instruction received by the output instruction receiving unit does not include the output format specification information, the output format deciding unit decides on the output format based on a history of transmission of the image data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.