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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2008
Satoshi Arai, Shizuoka, JP;
Takashi Ohkuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyoshi Sugiyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Hideo Sakurai, Shizuoka, JP;
Takayuki Toba, Mie, JP;
Shigeyuki Kawamura, Mie, JP;
Takanobu Mimura, Mie, JP;
Satoshi Arai, Shizuoka, JP;
Takashi Ohkuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyoshi Sugiyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Hideo Sakurai, Shizuoka, JP;
Takayuki Toba, Mie, JP;
Shigeyuki Kawamura, Mie, JP;
Takanobu Mimura, Mie, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Shinko Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A disclosed information recording apparatus includes an erasing unit configured to erase prerecorded information on recording media capable of being colored and decolored by heat; a recording unit configured to record information on the recording media from which the prerecorded information is erased; and a control unit configured, when a recording request is received, to cause the recording unit to start recording information on a first one of the recording media and to cause the erasing unit to start erasing prerecorded information on a second one of the recording media.