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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2016
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoaki Nakajima, Kobe, JP;
Kazumi Sawayanagi, Itami, JP;
Hisashi Uchida, Kyoto, JP;
Atsushi Tamura, Amagasaki, JP;
Toshimichi Iwai, Nara-ken, JP;
Yuji Tanaka, Amagasaki, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A data input apparatus can communicate with an imaging unit capturing an image of a subject to output image data, and includes a display unit displaying a screen including data input areas, and a processor. The processor includes: a setting portion setting data input to the data input area; an instruction position acquiring portion acquiring an instruction position based on a relative position between a display surface of the display unit and a recording medium included in image data output by the imaging unit; an information acquiring portion acquiring information stored in the recording medium based on the image data; and an input information acquiring portion acquiring input information available for input to the data input area among the acquired information. If the acquired instruction position is a prescribed position, the setting portion sets the acquired input information as the data input to the data input area.