Image processing apparatus and sheet diverting method
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKatsunori Suzuki
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes: plural trays; a reading section configured to convert an image formed on a sheet into image data and cause a storing section to store the image data; an erasing section configured to erase the image formed on the sheet; and a control section configured to acquire the image data from the storing section, determine, using the image data, whether a trace of a staple is present on the sheet, and convey the sheet, from which the image is erased by the erasing section, to any one of the plural trays such that a conveying destination is different according to a determination result.
Claims20
An image processing apparatus comprising:
- plural trays;
- a reading section configured to convert an image formed on a sheet into image data and cause a storing section to store the image data;
- an erasing section configured to erase the image formed on the sheet;
- and
- a control section configured to acquire the image data from the storing section, determine, using the image data, whether a trace of a staple is present on the sheet, and convey the sheet, from which the image is erased by the erasing section, to any one of the plural trays such that a conveying destination is different according to a determination result.
A method of diverting sheets via an image processing apparatus, the method comprising:
- converting an image formed on a sheet into image data and causing a storing section to store the image data;
- erasing the image formed on the sheet;
- and
- acquiring the image data from the storing section, determining, using the image data, whether a trace of a staple is present on the sheet, and conveying the sheet, from which the image is erased, to any one of plural trays such that a conveying destination is different according to a determination result.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.