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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2014
Applicants:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Akihiro Moro, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignees:
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); B41M 7/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/23 (2006.01); G03G 21/00 (2006.01); G06K 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 7/0009 (2013.01); G03G 15/6585 (2013.01); G03G 21/00 (2013.01); G06K 15/14 (2013.01); H04N 1/00567 (2013.01); H04N 1/00795 (2013.01); H04N 1/2323 (2013.01); G03G 15/5025 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01);
Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment, an image forming apparatus comprises a reading section, an image processing section and a printing section. The reading section reads an image on a sheet to generate image data. The image processing section detects, from the image data, an identification image indicating that printing is carried out with decolorable toner, and decolors the detected identification image from the image data. The printing section prints the image data output from the image processing section.