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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2017
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichi Yamaguchi, Gotenba Shizuoka, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a light emitting unit, and a document reading unit that generates image data from an original document that is irradiated with light emitted from the light emitting unit. A decoloring unit decolors the image on a sheet using heating. A control unit controls, based on a number of sheets decolored by the decoloring unit in a processing job immediately prior to the current processing job, an intensity of the light emitted from the light emitting unit for performing a current processing job.