Patent ID: 8416304

Claim:
An input device for an apparatus using a dot pattern comprising: a reading unit for reading out a dot pattern formed based on a predetermined rule on a medium surface; a converting unit for analyzing a dot pattern from image information of the dot pattern read out by the reading unit and converting the dot pattern into a dot code corresponding to the dot pattern; an infrared code table for registering one or a plurality of infrared codes that arc related with the dot code: and a control unit for causing an infrared code read out from the infrared code table to be irradiated from an infrared emission unit to a control-subject apparatus, or when the infrared code corresponding to the dot code does not exist in the infrared code table, causing an infrared code where a manufacturer code defined for the control-subject apparatus or a predetermined specific manufacturer code is added to the read-out dot code to be irradiated from the infrared emission unit to the control-subject apparatus.