Patent ID: 8189215

Claim:
An image reading device comprising: a storage unit configured to store information; an image input unit configured to obtain image data; an interrupted job storage unit that is configured to interrupt a first job when a job setting initiation sheet that indicates an initiation of a second job is received while the first job is being executed, and that is configured to store an interrupted job information that relates to the first job in the storage unit when the job setting initiation sheet is received; an interruption job confirmation unit configured to set the second job as an in-execution job when the job setting initiation sheet is received; an interrupted job reading unit that is configured to read the interrupted job information that relates to the first job from the storage unit when a job setting termination sheet that indicates a termination of the second job is received, and that is configured to set the first job as the in-execution job when the job setting termination sheet is received; a job execution unit configured to execute the in-execution job with the image data obtained from the image input unit; and a second storage unit configured to store an interrupted job information table that stores job order information of the first job, wherein the interrupted job storage unit is configured to store the interrupted job to the interrupted job information table, and wherein the interrupted job reading unit is configured to determine whether the first job is to be read out from the interrupted job storage unit by referring to the job order information of the first job in the interrupted job information table when the job setting termination sheet is received, and is configured to read out the interrupted job information that relates to the first job from the storage unit when the interrupted job reading unit determines the first job is to be read out.