# US 11,122,182 B2 · Information processing apparatus, storage medium, and control method with voice instruction to peform print settings operation

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- Number: US 11,122,182 B2
- Document ID: US11122182B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/702,302
- Filed: 2019-12-03
- Published: 2020-06-18
- Granted: 2021-09-14
- Earliest claimed: 2018-12-13
- Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Takuya Natori
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11122182B2

## CPC

- H04N 1/00973: {from a remote device, e.g. receiving via the internet instructions input to a computer terminal}
- G06F 3/1204: {resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data}
- G06F 3/1205: {resulting in increased flexibility in print job configuration, e.g. job settings, print requirements, job tickets}
- G06F 3/1253: {Configuration of print job parameters, e.g. using UI at the client}
- G06F 3/1268: {Job submission, e.g. submitting print job order or request not the print data itself}
- G06F 3/1292: {Mobile client, e.g. wireless printing}
- H04N 1/00307: {with a mobile telephone apparatus (constructional features of portable telephone sets H04M1/0202; mobile radio systems H04W84/00)}
- G06F 3/1255: {Settings incompatibility, e.g. constraints, user requirements vs. device capabilities}
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a first setting unit and a display control unit. The first setting unit sets a screen reader function to enabled or disabled based on a user instruction. The display control unit performs control to display, after an application installed in the information processing apparatus is started up, a screen regarding a specific function on a display unit where an operation for using the specific function of the application has been received. The display control unit performs control to display a first screen on the display unit as the screen regarding the specific function when the screen reader function is set to disabled, and displays, as the screen, a second screen having a display configuration different from the first screen and including predetermined information as information useful for a visually impaired person regarding the specific function when the screen reader function is set to enabled.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An information processing apparatus including a display and a function to output on-screen information as speech, the information processing apparatus comprising:
a controller including a processor and a memory, wherein the controller is configured to perform operations including:
displaying on the display, in response to receiving a selection from a user of a button for printing an image file while the function is in a disabled state, a first screen that displays an image of the image file and a print setting button,
displaying on the display, in response to receiving a selection from the user of the print setting button, a second screen that includes buttons that enable the user to set print options, and
displaying on the display, in response to receiving the selection from the user of a button for printing the image file while the function is in an enabled state, a third screen that does not include the image of the image file, but includes the buttons that enable the user to set the print options.

### Claim 2

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program to cause a computer to perform a method for controlling an information processing apparatus including a display and a function to output on-screen information as speech, the method comprising:
displaying on the display, in response to receiving a selection from a user of a button for printing an image file while the function is in a disabled state, a first screen that displays an image of the image file and a print setting button;
displaying on the display, in response to receiving a selection from the user of the print setting button, a second screen that includes buttons that enable the user to set print options; and
displaying on the display, in response to receiving the selection from the user of a button for printing the image file while the function is in an enabled state, a third screen that does not include the image of the image file, but includes the buttons that enable the user to set the print options.

### Claim 3

A method for controlling an information processing apparatus including a display and a function to output on-screen information as speech, the method comprising:
displaying on the display, in response to receiving a selection from a user of a button for printing an image file while the function is in a disabled state, a first screen that displays an image of the image file and a print setting button;
displaying on the display, in response to receiving a selection from the user of the print setting button, a second screen that includes buttons that enable the user to set print options; and
displaying on the display, in response to receiving the selection from the user of a button for printing the image file while the function is in an enabled state, a third screen that does not include the image of the image file, but includes the buttons that enable the user to set the print options.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The method according to claim 3, further comprising:
determining whether the function is in the enabled state or in the disabled state,
wherein, in a case where the user selection of the image file printing file button is received, displaying includes displaying the first screen in response to determining that the function is in the disabled state, and
wherein, in a case where the user selection of the image file printing file button is received, displaying includes displaying the third screen in response to determining that the function is in the enabled state.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The method according to claim 3, wherein the second screen displays the print options, and the third screen displays the print options and does not display the image of the image file.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The method according to claim 5, wherein letters representing the print options displayed in the second screen are larger than letters representing the print options displayed in the third screen in a way that is configured to distinguish the print options displayed in the second screen from the print options displayed in the third screen.