Image forming device
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroyuki Sugiyama
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Abstract
An image forming device capable of reducing resources related to destruction of a wireless tag is provided. The image forming device according to the present embodiment includes a reader and writer, a fixing unit, a determination unit, and a control unit. The reader and writer reads information from the wireless tag. The fixing unit heats and conveys a sheet having the wireless tag. The determination unit determines a defect of the wireless tag based on a reading result of the reader and writer. If the determination unit determines that the wireless tag is defective, the control unit controls the fixing unit to increase an amount of heat applied to the wireless tag such that information cannot be read from the wireless tag.
Claims17
An image forming device, comprising:
- a reader and writer configured to read information from a wireless tag;
- a fixing component configured to heat and convey a sheet having the wireless tag;
- a determination component configured to determine a defect of the wireless tag based on a reading result of the reader and writer;
- and
- a controller configured to control the fixing component to increase an amount of heat applied to the wireless tag such that information is unreadable from the wireless tag if the determination component determines that the wireless tag is defective, wherein
- the fixing component includes a heat roller configured to heat an object, a first press roller, and a second press roller, and
- the controller switches from a first posture in which the heat roller and the first press roller face each other to a second posture in which the heat roller and the second press roller face each other if the determination component determines that the wireless tag is defective.
A method for an image forming device, comprising:
- reading information from a wireless tag using a reader and writer;
- heating and conveying a sheet having the wireless tag;
- determining a defect of the wireless tag based on a reading result of the reader and writer;
- and
- controlling the heating to increase an amount of heat applied to the wireless tag such that information is unreadable from the wireless tag if the wireless tag is determined defective,
- the method further comprising:
- heating an object;
- heating a first press roller;
- heating a second press roller;
- and
- switching from a first posture in which a heat roller and the first press roller face each other to a second posture in which the heat roller and the second press roller face each other if the wireless tag is determined defective.
A wireless tag processing device, comprising:
- a reader and writer configured to read information from a wireless tag;
- a heating component configured to heat a sheet having the wireless tag;
- a determination component configured to determine a defect of the wireless tag based on a reading result of the reader and writer;
- and
- a controller configured to control the heating component to increase an amount of heat applied to the wireless tag such that information is unreadable from the wireless tag if the determination component determines that the wireless tag is defective, wherein
- the heating component includes a heat roller configured to heat an object, a first press roller, and a second press roller, and
- the controller switches from a first posture in which the heat roller and the first press roller face each other to a second posture in which the heat roller and the second press roller face each other if the determination component determines that the wireless tag is defective.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.