IP Library Granted Patent US 12,216,947
Granted Patent B2
US 12,216,947 · App. 18/501,728 · Granted Feb 4, 2025

Control apparatus, control method, and storage medium

Inventor: Ryuhei Hamada (Kawasaki, JP)
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
G06F3/1204G06F3/1255H04N1/00488H04N1/0049
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Patent No.
US 12,216,947
App. No.
18/501,728
Granted
Feb 4, 2025
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 (30)

1. A printing apparatus comprising:

a display unit;

a light emitting unit;

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

at least one processor operating to:

in a case where a consumable of the printing apparatus is in an error state, cause the display unit to display a first screen to specify the consumable being in the error state and cause the light emitting unit to be in a first state corresponding to the error state,

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

cause the display unit to display a second screen different from the first screen and including a predetermined code responsive to reception of an instruction to display the predetermined code from a user,

wherein the predetermined code is a code to cause an external terminal to display information of a manual 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 light emitting unit is in the first state and the display unit displays the second screen.

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

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

5. The printing apparatus according to claim 4 , in a case where the light emitting unit is in the second state, the least one processor operates to cause the display unit to display a fourth screen different from the first screen, the second screen, and the third screen based on reception of the instruction from the user.

6. The printing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the fourth screen is a screen to notify the user to provide the instruction in a case where the light emitting unit is in the first state.

7. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the error state is caused because the consumable has run out.

8. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the consumable is a sheet.

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

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

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

12. 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.

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

14. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display unit is a liquid crystal display.

15. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display unit is an organic EL display.

16. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a predetermined surface is a surface from which the sheet on which printing is performed by the printing unit is discharged.

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

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

19. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the manual is saved in an external server.

20. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined code includes URL information being a link destination of the manual.

21. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display unit is a display unit provided on a predetermined surface of the printing apparatus, and

wherein the light emitting unit is provided on the predetermined surface and is a separate light emitting unit from the display unit.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-121765 · Jun 28, 2019 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17351138 · Jun 17, 2021
Continuation 16893843 · Jun 5, 2020
Continuation 16893843 · Jun 5, 2020
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