Decoloring device and image processing system
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorNaoya Sato
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Abstract
A decoloring device includes a scanner, a decoloring unit, and a processor. The scanner reads an image on a sheet. The decoloring unit decolors the image on the sheet after the scanner has read the image. The processor recognizes a page number included in the image and stores the image read by the scanner and decolored by the decoloring unit at a location that is associated with the recognized page number.
Claims16
A decoloring device comprising:
- a scanner configured to read an image on a sheet;
- a decoloring unit configured to decolor the image on the sheet after the scanner has read the image;
- and
- a processor configured to recognize a page number included in the image, and store the image read by the scanner and decolored by the decoloring unit at a location that is associated with the recognized page number.
An image processing system comprising:
- a printer;
- and
- a decoloring device including
- a scanner configured to read an image on a sheet;
- a decoloring unit configured to decolor the image on the sheet after the scanner has read the image;
- and
- a processor configured to recognize a page number included in the image, and store the image read by the scanner and decolored by the decoloring unit at a location that is associated with the recognized page number,
- wherein, upon receipt of an instruction to print the image, the processor output the image to the printer, and the printer prints the image.
A method of printing a document having a plurality of pages printed with decolorable ink, in non-decolorable ink, said method comprising:
- stacking the plurality of pages printed with decolorable ink;
- scanning each of the plurality of pages and reading an image formed thereon;
- after scanning each page, decoloring the page and performing character recognition of the image to determine a page number included in the image;
- and
- printing the images in non-decolorable ink according to an order of the page numbers included in the images.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.