Patent ID: 6917438

Claim:
An information input device comprising: an image reading section for reading images on each of documents; a character recognition section for subjecting, to character recognition processing, the images read by the image reading section; a display section for displaying various types of instruction buttons; a management section for managing set contents corresponding to each of the instruction buttons displayed on the display section, the set contents including a destination of registration of the images read by the image reading section, and contents of processing executed on the images by the character recognition section; and a control section for executing control, when one of the instruction buttons has been designated, on the basis of the set contents corresponding to said one of the instruction buttons and managed by the management section, the control section controlling the image reading section so as to read the images, controlling the character recognition section so as to execute character recognition processing on the read images, and simultaneously registering the read images and a result of character recognition processing executed on the read images, wherein: the management section manages the set contents corresponding to said one of the instruction buttons, the set contents including the destination of registration of the images read by the image reading section, the contents of processing executed on the images by the character recognition section, and a range of processing executed by the character recognition section; and the control section executes control, when one of the instruction buttons has been designated, on the basis of the set contents corresponding to said one of the instruction buttons and managed by the management section, the control section controlling the image reading section so as to read the images, controlling the character recognition section so as to execute character recognition processing on those of the read images which are contained within the range of processing, and simultaneously registering the read images and a result of character recognition processing executed on the read images contained within the range of processing.