Patent ID: 6961153

Claim:
An image inputting apparatus, comprising: an image reading section that optically reads an original; an original feeder section that automatically feeds the original to the image reading section; a control section capable of receiving a command for the image reading section and a command for the original feeder section and of controlling the image reading section and the original feeder section independently from each other in response to the received command, a temporary parameter holding section that receives and holds a designated value of each processing parameter applied to one or a plurality of originals to be read in response to one reading command; and a job parameter holding section that receives and holds a designated value of each processing parameter applied to the one or the plurality of originals placed on the original feeder section, wherein, when the reading command is received, the control section refers to the temporary parameter holding section and the job parameter holding section, and controls the image reading section and the original feeder section by using the value held in the temporary parameter holding section for the processing parameter held in the temporary parameter holding section and by using the value held in the job parameter holding section for processing parameters other than that held in the temporary parameter holding section.