Patent ID: 8786912

Claim:
An information input device comprising: a chassis made of a non-metallic material having a depth of not more than 30 cm and a width of not more than 30 cm; an antenna mounted to an upper portion of the chassis; a fluctuation easing member which is mounted to a lower portion of the chassis to ease fluctuations in magnetic field intensity caused by a surface on which the information input device is mounted; and a reading face which is mounted to the upper portion of the chassis to scan an IC chip, wherein the antenna is disposed around the reading face to scan the IC chip mounted on the reading face and output intensity of the antenna is set to a level so that IC information is readable from the disposed IC chip no matter where on the reading face the IC chip is disposed, the fluctuation easing member is disposed on a bottom surface of the chassis and has a projection area larger than the antenna when looked from vertically above, the reading face is formed of a transparent sheet-shaped member and includes a region not smaller than the A6 size, the information input device further comprises: an image reading section which moves in a sub-scanning direction to optically scan a manuscript placed on the reading face; and an information acquisition section which wirelessly acquires information via the antenna from the IC chip attached to the manuscript placed on the reading face, the image reading section includes a light guiding member containing a non-metallic member and a light receiving element containing a metallic member, the light guiding member of the image reading section is disposed at a position close to the reading face, and the light receiving element of the image reading section is disposed at a position apart from the antenna by at least 10 mm.