IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

摘要

According to an embodiment of this invention, in a system including an image reading apparatus and a server, the image reading apparatus and the server can efficiently cooperatively perform image processing with a simple arrangement. More specifically, the image reading apparatus reads an image of an original, upon receiving an image reading instruction from a user terminal via the server, according to the instruction. The apparatus analyzes whether image processing included in the instruction is executable. If executable image processing exists, the apparatus executes the image processing for image data obtained by reading the image of the original. The image data of the original or image data that has undergone the image processing is transmitted to a transmission destination together with information representing whether the image processing included in the instruction has been executed.

主权项

1. An image reading apparatus for reading an image of an original, comprising:
a reading unit configured to read the image of the original according to an image reading instruction from a user; an image processing unit configured to perform image processing for image data obtained by reading the image of the original by said reading unit in a case where there exists the image processing that is specified in the image reading instruction and is executable by the image reading apparatus; and a transmission unit configured to transmit information representing whether the image processing specified in the image reading instruction has been executed and one of the image data obtained by reading the image of the original by said reading unit and image data that has undergone the image processing by said image processing unit.