A data input apparatus that includes an image acquiring unit for acquiring the
image of data displayed on the data display section of a measuring instrument,
a number reading unit for reading numbers in the above described acquired image
and a display unit for displaying the numbers read, with the above described image
acquiring unit also acquiring the image of a portion other than the data display
section of the above described measuring instrument at the same time, the image
recognition unit reading information on the above described measuring instrument
other than the above described numbers from the acquired image and the information
on the read measuring instrument being used when the above described number reading
unit reads numbers.
