A paper remote controller system capable of registering and controlling a plurality of apparatuses with an easy manipulation and superior in convenience and flexibility is provided. The input system for an apparatus using a dot pattern comprises a reading unit for reading out a dot pattern formed based on a predetermined rule on a medium surface, a converting unit for analyzing a dot pattern from image information of the dot pattern read out by the reading unit and converting the dot pattern into a dot code corresponding to the dot pattern, an infrared code table for registering one or a plurality of infrared codes that are related with the dot code, and a control unit for causing an infrared code read out from the infrared code table to be irradiated from an infrared emission unit to a control-subject apparatus.