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US 10,771,640 B2Granted
Image forming apparatus including event detection, control method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshiro Tachibana
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Abstract
In an image forming apparatus, an event detection unit detects occurrence of an event which requires replacement of a part, a notification unit notifies guidance for replacing the part if the event detection unit detects occurrence of the event, and a control unit ends a notification of the guidance using, as conditions, a case in which a cover open to perform the replacement is set in a closed state and a case in which an input of an instruction that the replacement has completed is accepted.
Claims11
An image forming apparatus comprising,
- at least one memory storing instructions, and
- at least one processor executing the instructions causing the image forming apparatus to:
- detect occurrence of an event related to a part of the image forming apparatus;
- provide a notification of guidance for replacing the part if the event indicates an event to require replacement of the part;
- end the notification of the guidance using, as conditions, a case in which a state of a cover to be opened for the replacement of the part is set in a closed state and a case in which an input of a first instruction that the replacement of the part has completed is accepted;
- detect occurrence of another event related to another part of the image forming;
- apparatus;
- provide a notification of guidance for replacing the another part if the another event indicates an event to require replacement of the another part;
- detect a solution of the another event by replacement of the another part by using a component of the image forming apparatus, and
- end the notification of the guidance for replacing the another part when the solution of the another event is detected.
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A control method executed by an image forming apparatus, comprising:
- detecting occurrence of an event which related to a part of the image forming apparatus;
- providing a notification of guidance for replacing the part if the event indicates an event to require replacement of the part;
- ending the notification of the guidance using, as conditions, a case in which a state of a cover to be opened for the replacement of the part is set in a closed state and a case in which an input of a first instruction that the replacement of the part has completed is accepted;
- detecting occurrence of another event related to another part of the image forming;
- apparatus;
- providing a notification of guidance for replacing the another part if the another event indicates an event to require replacement of the another part;
- detecting a solution of the another event by replacement of the another part by using a component of the image forming apparatus, and
- ending the notification of the guidance for replacing the another part when the solution of the another event is detected.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to
- detect occurrence of an event which related to a part of the image forming apparatus;
- provide a notification of guidance for replacing the part if the event indicates an event to require replacement of the part;
- end the notification of the guidance using, as conditions, a case in which a state of a cover to be opened for the replacement of the part is set in a closed state and a case in which an input of a first instruction that the replacement of the part has completed is accepted;
- detect occurrence of another event related to another part of the image forming;
- apparatus;
- provide a notification of guidance for replacing the another part if the another event indicates an event to require replacement of the another part;
- detect a solution of the another event by replacement of the another part by using a component of the image forming apparatus, and
- end the notification of the guidance for replacing the another part when the solution of the another event is detected.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.