Patent ID: 7734830

Claim:
An information storage device having a storage function for storing image information inputted thereto and outputting the stored image information afterward, comprising: an input unit configured to input image information to the information storage device; an output unit configured to output inputted image information inputted by the input unit; a storage unit; a storage inquiry unit configured to output an inquiry concerning whether or not to let the storage unit store the inputted image information which is being outputted by the output unit; a storage inquiry result reception unit configured to receive an instruction from a user in response to the inquiry outputted by the storage inquiry unit; and a storage control unit, which controls the output unit to output the inputted image information, controls the storage inquiry unit to execute the inquiry, and controls the storage unit to store the inputted image information outputted by the output unit if the instruction received by the storage inquiry result reception unit designates storage of the inputted image information in the storage unit, while preventing the storage unit from storing the inputted image information outputted by the output unit if the instruction does not designate the storage of the inputted image information in the storage unit, wherein the storage inquired by the storage inquiry unit includes normal storage and reservation storage, and the storage control unit controls the storage unit to store the inputted image information outputted by the output unit as normal storage information if the instruction received by the storage inquiry result reception unit designates the normal storage, while controlling the storage unit to store the inputted image information outputted by the output unit as reservation storage information if the instruction designates the reservation storage, wherein the normal storage information is information that is available to be disclosed, and wherein the reservation storage information is information that is not available to be disclosed.