Patent ID: 7145698

Claim:
An information reading apparatus comprising: information sheet stacking means for stacking an information sheet having information recorded thereon; first information reading means for reading information recorded on one side of the information sheet fed from the information sheet stacking means; second information reading means for reading information recorded on the other side of the information sheet; information sheet conveying means for conveying the information sheet from the information sheet stacking means to the second information reading means via the first information reading means; and control means able to control a first reading step for reading one side of the information sheet with one of the first information reading means and the second information reading means and a second reading step for reading the other side of the information sheet with the one of the first information reading means and the second information reading means when the other one of the first information reading means and the second information reading means is unable to read information, and being able to store in memory information read from the first reading step and the second reading step in a sequential page order of the information sheet.