Patent ID: 8830488
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A decoloring apparatus comprising: a reading section configured to read an image on a sheet on which the image is formed with a decolorable color material; a decoloring section positioned on a sheet conveying path downstream of the reading section in a sheet conveying direction and configured to heat the sheet to decolor the image formed with the decolorable color material; a first branch path positioned on the sheet conveying path downstream of the decoloring section in the sheet conveying direction; a second branch path positioned on the sheet conveying path downstream of the decoloring section in the sheet conveying direction; a diverting section positioned on the sheet conveying path at a branch point of the first branch path and the second branch path; and a control section configured to determine on the basis of the image read by the reading section whether a decoloring processing should be applied to the sheet, to control the diverting section to convey the sheet to the first branch path after applying the decoloring processing to the sheet with the decoloring section if it is determined that the decoloring processing should be applied to the sheet, and to control the diverting section to convey the sheet to the second branch path after causing the sheet to pass through the decoloring section without applying the decoloring processing to the sheet if it is determined that the decoloring processing should not be applied to the sheet.