The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichiro Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A monitoring control apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises a saving unit configured to save identification information of target devices as monitoring targets and areas in corresponding screens for each image capturing unit; a holding unit configured to hold a state of a device used for each job; and a control unit configured to make the image capturing unit capture videos including the target devices and monitor the areas corresponding to the target devices as target areas in a predetermined order, wherein the control unit specifies a next target device in accordance with the predetermined order, and, if there is no job in which a state of the target device is a waiting state, specifies a device next to the target device as a target device in accordance with the predetermined order.