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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2022
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Hosokawa, Numazu Shizuoka, JP;
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes a scanner, an operation panel, a communication interface, and a processor. The scanner is configured to read an image of a document. The operation panel is configured to designate a transmission destination of scan data, the scan data including image data of the document read by the scanner. The communication interface is configured to transmit the scan data to the transmission destination designated on the operation panel. The processor is configured to transmit the scan data to the transmission destination without a password in response to the transmission destination designated on the operation panel being a transmission destination of an operator who operates the operation panel, and transmit the scan data protected with a password to the transmission destination in response to the transmission destination designated on the operation panel including a transmission destination of any person other than the operator.