| US 7,587,460 B2 | ||
| Data processing apparatus for generating reduced images of transmission images or reduced data of transmission data in list form and control method thereof | ||
| Kazuyuki Saito, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 23, 2001, as Appl. No. 9/983,100. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2000-333008 (JP), filed on Oct. 31, 2000. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2002/0052974 A1, May 02, 2002 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 709—207 [358/1.13; 358/1.18; 709/204; 709/205; 709/206; 709/200] | 7 Claims |
| 7. A method of controlling an image processing apparatus having a storage unit including a plurality of storage areas, each
being assigned identification information identifying the storage area, and each being configured to store one or more images,
the method comprising steps of:
selecting a plurality of images from among images stored in at least one storage area selected from among the plurality of
storage areas of the storage unit in response to an operation on an operation unit;
transmitting the plurality of images selected in said selecting step;
designating a number of thumbnails to be presented on each page of a thumbnail list to be generated as an image transmission
history in response to an operation on the operation unit;
generating thumbnails of the plurality of images selected in said selecting step or extracting thumbnails from the plurality
of images selected in said selecting step when said transmission step transmits the plurality of images;
generating a thumbnail list that consists of thumbnails of the plurality of selected images using the thumbnails generated
or extracted in said thumbnail generating step in accordance with the number of thumbnails designated in said designating
step, sizes of the thumbnails presented on the thumbnail list being automatically adjusted based on the number of thumbnails
designated in said designating step, the thumbnail list being provided for each transmitted image with (a) information indicating
a transmission time and a destination for the transmitted image and (b) the identification information for the storage area
storing the transmitted image; and
printing the thumbnail list generated in said thumbnail list generating step so as to allow the user to check the plurality
of images transmitted in said transmitting step,
wherein said step of generating the thumbnail list and said step of printing the thumbnail list are performed in response
to a transmission of the plurality of images.
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