Image erasing apparatus
AssigneesToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorYasuharu ARIMA
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Abstract
According to an embodiment, an image erasing apparatus that erases an image printed on a sheet is provided. When it is determined that a sheet after an erasing process of the image is not reusable, the image erasing apparatus accommodates the sheet in a reject tray in a state where a face with a small information amount of the erased image is directed in a state direction. When it is determined that the sheet after the erasing process of the image is not reusable, the image erasing apparatus accommodates the sheet in a reuse tray in a state where a face with a large information amount of the erased image is directed in the state direction.
Claims10
An image erasing apparatus that erases an image printed on a sheet, comprising:
- an erasing unit configured to erase the image printed on a face of the sheet;
- a reading unit configured to read information on the face of the sheet;
- a stack unit configured to accommodate the sheet on which an erasing process has been performed by the erasing unit;
- a reversion unit configured to reverse the face of the erasing-processed sheet before the sheet is accommodated by the stack unit;
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- a control unit configured to determine an erasing state of the image on the face of the sheet based on the information on the face of the sheet read by the reading unit, and to control the reversion unit to reverse the face of the sheet according to the determined erasing state of the image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.