US 7,595,901 B2
Imaging apparatus, system having imaging apparatus and printing apparatus, and control method therefor
Satoshi Ogiwara, Kanagawa (Japan); and Tatsuya Tanaka, Kanagawa (Japan)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/610,037.
Application 11/610037 is a division of application No. 10/281181, filed on Oct. 28, 2002, granted, now 7,161,701.
Claims priority of application No. 2001-335458 (JP), filed on Oct. 31, 2001.
Prior Publication US 2007/0139705 A1, Jun. 21, 2007
Int. Cl. G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 358—1.14  [235/385] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging apparatus being capable of mounting a removable memory for storing JPEG-encoded image data, and outputting image data to a printing apparatus, comprising:
a determination unit configured to determine a type of the printing apparatus connected via an interface;
a selection unit configured to select a type of image data to be output to the printing apparatus among the JPEG-encoded image data and bitmap image data, on the basis of a result determined by said determination unit; and
a conversion unit configured to convert the JPEG-encoded image data read out from the removable memory into the bitmap image data, in a case that said selection unit selects the bitmap image data,
wherein said conversion unit converts the JPEG-encoded image data into the bitmap image data prior to a reception of an instruction from the printing apparatus, representing a timing at which the image data is to be transmitted,
a designation unit configured to designate printing of image data;
a requesting unit configured to issue a print request to the printing apparatus in response to a designation by said designation unit;
a reception unit configured to receive a transmission request of the image data to be printed from the printing apparatus in response to the print request issued by said requesting unit; and
a unit configured to read out the JPEG-encoded image data from the removable memory and transmit the JPEG-encoded image data to the printing apparatus in response to the receipt by said reception unit of the transmission request, in a case that said selection unit selects the JPEG-encoded image data.