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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takeshi Suwabe, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/50 (2013.01); G06F 3/121 (2013.01); G06F 3/123 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printing apparatus determines whether software to be updated is software related to a GUI display function. If the software to be updated is determined to be software related to the GUI display function, the printing apparatus performs control to display information about a status of the own apparatus during execution of the update by using a CUI display function.