IP Library Granted Patent US 11,842,087
Granted Patent B2
US 11,842,087 · App. 17/351,138 · Granted Dec 12, 2023

Control apparatus, control method, and storage medium

Inventor: Ryuhei Hamada (Kawasaki, JP)
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
G06F3/1204G06F3/1255H04N1/0049H04N1/00488
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Patent No.
US 11,842,087
App. No.
17/351,138
Granted
Dec 12, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image printing apparatus, which displays a two-dimensional code, includes: a display device; a two-dimensional code key configured to receive an operation from a user; and an LED equipped separately from the display device and configured to provide a predetermined notification separately from a screen displayed by the display device. A CPU is configured to control the display device to display a predetermined screen and the LED is configured to provide the predetermined notification based on a case where a predetermined condition for changing a screen displayed by the display unit is satisfied, and the CPU is configured to control the display unit to display the predetermined code in a case where the operation is received by the two-dimensional code key from the user while the predetermined screen is being displayed by the display device and the predetermined notification is being provided by the LED.

Claims (42)

1. A printing apparatus comprising:

a printing unit configured to print an image on a sheet;

a display device configured to display a screen;

a light emitting unit for emitting light, wherein the light emitting unit is provided on a surface of the printing apparatus on which the display device is provided and is arranged in a position different from a position of the display device; and

at least one processor operating to:

cause the display device to display a first screen to specify a consumable being in an error state and cause the light emitting unit to be in a first state; and

cause the light emitting unit to be in a second state different from the first state in a case where the consumable is in a normal state,

wherein the display device displays a second screen including a predetermined code, unlike the first screen, based on reception of an instruction to display the predetermined code from a user, and

wherein the predetermined code is a code to cause an external terminal to display information for explaining a maintenance function of the printing apparatus by the predetermined code being captured by a camera of the external terminal.

2. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first screen is a screen to notify a user that the consumable has run out.

3. The printing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the consumable is a sheet used in the printing apparatus.

4. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the light emitting unit is an LED lamp.

5. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a scanning unit configured to read an image of a document.

6. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display device displays a third screen different from the first and second screens in a case where the consumable is in the normal state.

7. The printing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the display device displays a fourth screen different from the first, second, and third screens based on reception of an instruction from the user in a case where the light emitting unit is in the second state.

8. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first state is a blinking state.

9. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second state is a turned-on state or a turned-off state.

10. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a distance between a left end and a right end of the light emitting unit is longer than a distance between a top end and a lower end of the light emitting unit.

11. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the printing unit prints an image on a sheet by using an inkjet system.

12. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a side of a top end of the display device is positioned above a side of the top end of the light emitting unit in a predetermined surface.

13. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined code is a QR code.

14. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the instruction from the user is issued via a reception unit provided integrally with the light emitting unit.

15. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein in a case where the light emitting unit is in the second state, the display device displays a fourth screen different from the first, second, and third screens based on reception of an instruction from a user.

16. The printing apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the fourth screen is a screen which notifies a user to issue an instruction to a printing apparatus in a state where the light emitting unit is in the first state.

17. A printing apparatus comprising:

a printing unit configured to print an image on a sheet;

a display device configured to display a screen;

a light emitting unit for emitting light, wherein the light emitting unit is provided on a surface of the printing apparatus on which the display device is provided and is arranged in a position different from a position of the display device; and

at least one processor operating to:

cause the display device to display a first screen to specify a consumable being in an error state and cause the light emitting unit to be in a first state; and

cause the light emitting unit to be in a second state different from the first state in a case where the consumable is in a normal state,

wherein the display device displays a second screen including a predetermined code, unlike the first screen, based on reception of an instruction to display the predetermined code from a user, and

wherein the predetermined code is a code to cause an external terminal to display information for explaining a method of adjusting a print head of the printing apparatus by the predetermined code being captured by a camera of the external terminal.

18. A printing apparatus comprising:

a printing unit configured to print an image on a sheet;

a display device configured to display a screen;

a light emitting unit for emitting light, wherein the light emitting unit is provided on a surface of the printing apparatus on which the display device is provided and is arranged in a position different from a position of the display device; and

at least one processor operating to:

cause the display device to display a first screen to specify a consumable being in an error state and cause the light emitting unit to be in a first state; and

cause the light emitting unit to be in a second state different from the first state in a case where the consumable is in a normal state,

wherein the display device displays a second screen including a predetermined code, unlike the first screen, based on reception of an instruction to display the predetermined code from a user, and

wherein the predetermined code is a code to cause an external terminal to display explanatory information for solving a printing trouble in the printing apparatus by the predetermined code being captured by a camera of the external terminal.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-121765 · Jun 28, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16893843 · Jun 5, 2020
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