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Patent No.:

US 10223624 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019

Filed:

Apr. 12, 2017

Notification device, notification method, and printing apparatus

Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Tomoki Yamamuro, Kawasaki, JP;

Atsushi Arai, Yokohama, JP;

Tatsuaki Orihara, Tokyo, JP;

Ryo Shimamura, Yokohama, JP;

Akira Shiba, Machida, JP;

Kazuya Yoshii, Yokohama, JP;

Norihiro Ikebe, Kawasaki, JP;

Takeho Miyashita, Yokohama, JP;

Masatoshi Ohira, Fujisawa, JP;

Hirofumi Okuhara, Tokyo, JP;

Kazumasa Matsushita, Kawasaki, JP;

Misato Furuya, Kawasaki, JP;

Assignee:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Venable LLP

Primary Examiner:

Shelby L Fidler

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 29/38 (2006.01); G06K 15/10 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/4075 (2013.01); B41J 2/16508 (2013.01); B41J 2/16532 (2013.01); B41J 2/1752 (2013.01); B41J 2/17509 (2013.01); B41J 2/17553 (2013.01); B41J 2/17566 (2013.01); B41J 29/38 (2013.01); G06F 3/1219 (2013.01); G06K 15/005 (2013.01); G06K 15/102 (2013.01);
Abstract

A notification device can suppress the occurrence of a user's mistake in supplementing a printing liquid. An acquisition unit that acquires information relating to a residual amount of each of a plurality of printing liquids supplied to a printing apparatus and a determination unit that determines whether or not each of the plurality of printing liquids is a printing liquid of a notification target of which a residual amount is a predetermined amount or less based on the acquired information are included. In addition, a notification unit that, in a case where a plurality of printing liquids of the notification target determined by the determination unit are present, notifies of information relating to the residual amount of a predetermined printing liquid is included. This notification unit performs a notification with priority for a predetermined printing liquid satisfying a predetermined condition among the plurality of printing liquids of the notification target.

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