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Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016

Filed:

Jul. 10, 2012
Applicants:

Hiroshi Hashidume, Tokyo, JP;

Kazuhiro Ogura, Kanagawa-ken, JP;

Minoru Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;

Akira Saito, Tokyo, JP;

Koichi Moriya, Kanagawa-ken, JP;

Inventors:

Hiroshi Hashidume, Tokyo, JP;

Kazuhiro Ogura, Kanagawa-ken, JP;

Minoru Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;

Akira Saito, Tokyo, JP;

Koichi Moriya, Kanagawa-ken, JP;

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/40 (2006.01); G03G 21/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/32 (2006.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01); G03G 9/09 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/00 (2013.01); G03G 9/0926 (2013.01); G03G 9/0928 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); H04N 1/00344 (2013.01); H04N 1/00832 (2013.01); H04N 1/32133 (2013.01); G03G 15/5025 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01); H04N 2201/3201 (2013.01); H04N 2201/323 (2013.01); H04N 2201/3225 (2013.01); H04N 2201/3233 (2013.01); H04N 2201/3242 (2013.01); H04N 2201/3271 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a document administration system includes an administration unit to administer administration information of an image formed on a recording medium in connection with discrimination information of the recording medium and a decoloring device. The decoloring device includes a reading unit to read a discrimination information image based on the discrimination information, the discrimination information image being formed on the recording medium with erasable coloring agent, a decoloring unit to decolor the image formed on the recording medium with erasable coloring agent after the reading unit has read the discrimination information image, and a printer to print the discrimination information image in which at least the number of times of decoloring has been updated based on the discrimination information image read by the reading unit on the recording medium after decoloring.


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