# US 11,999,170 B2 · Image recording device and computer readable medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,999,170 B2 - Document ID: US11999170B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/486,997 - Filed: 2021-09-28 - Published: 2022-01-13 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2019-03-28 - Assignees: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Yushi Deura; Shinya Esaki; Shunsuke Minamikawa; Tetsuya Okuno; Haruka Azechi; Tony Lee - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11999170B2 ## CPC - B41J 2/17546: {electronically} - B41J 2/17509: {Whilst mounted in the printer} - B41J 2/17513: {Inner structure} - B41J 2/17526: {Electrical contacts to the cartridge} - B41J 2/17566: {Ink level or ink residue control} - B41J 29/38: Drives, motors, controls or automatic cut-off devices for the entire printing mechanism - G03G 21/00: Arrangements not provided for by groups G03G13/00 - G03G19/00, e.g. cleaning, elimination of residual charge - G06F 3/12: Digital output to print unit {, e.g. line printer, chain printer} - H04N 1/00: Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof - B41J 2/16532: {by applying vacuum only} - B41J 29/02: Framework - B41J 29/13: Cases or covers - B41J 2002/17589: {using ink level as input for printer mode selection or for prediction of remaining printing capacity} - B41J: TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS - G03G: ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract An image recording device includes a cartridge mount to which a cartridge is mounted, a cartridge interface, a memory, a communication interface, a print engine configured to execute printing, and a controller. The controller is configured to obtain a transmission address stored in a cartridge memory of the cartridge through the cartridge interface, store the obtained transmission address in the memory, obtain, from the memory, notification information including at least one from a group of remaining amount information indicating a remaining amount of consumable in the cartridge mounted to the cartridge mount, order information indicating an order for the cartridge and status information indicating a state of the print engine, and transmission source information, and transmit the obtained notification information and the obtained transmission source information to the obtained transmission address through the communication interface. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An image recording device comprising a cartridge mount to which a cartridge is mounted, a cartridge interface, a memory, a communication interface configured to communicate with an external device via a network, a print engine configured to execute printing, and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to: obtain a transmission address associated with the external device stored in a cartridge memory of the cartridge through the cartridge interface; store the obtained transmission address in the memory; obtain, from the memory, notification information including at least one from a group of remaining amount information indicating a remaining amount of consumable in the cartridge mounted to the cartridge mount, order information indicating an order for the cartridge and status information indicating a state of the print engine, and transmission source information, the transmission source information indicating an identifier associated with the notification information; and transmit the obtained notification information and the obtained transmission source information to the external device associated with the obtained transmission address through the communication interface. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The image recording device according to claim 1 further comprising a display panel and a user interface, wherein the memory includes a first storage area configured to store the transmission address and a second storage area configured to store a destination address different from the transmission address, and wherein the controller is configured to: store the destination address input through the user interface in the second storage area of the memory; receive a selection of an image data transmission function through the user interface; cause the display panel to display the destination address stored in the second storage area and enable selection of the destination address displayed on the display panel through the user interface in response to receiving the selection of the use of the image data transmission function; and transmit image data to the destination address stored in the second storage area of the memory through the communication interface in response to the selection of the destination address. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The image recording device according to claim 1 further comprising a user interface, wherein the controller is configured to: receive an update input being a command to execute a process for updating the transmission address through the user interface; shift to a maintenance mode in response to receiving the update input; and make the transmission address stored in the memory editable through the user interface. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The image recording device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to: determine whether or not the transmission address has already been stored in the memory in response to obtaining the transmission address from the cartridge memory through the cartridge interface; store the transmission address obtained from the cartridge memory in the memory in response to determining that the transmission address is not stored in the memory; and store the transmission address obtained from the cartridge memory in a particular storage area of the memory configured to store the transmission address in response to determining that the transmission address has already been stored in the memory and in a case where the transmission address already stored in the memory is different from the transmission address obtained from the cartridge memory. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The image recording device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to: determine whether or not the transmission address is stored in the cartridge memory through the cartridge interface; determine whether or not the transmission address is stored in the memory; and store the transmission address stored in the memory in the cartridge memory in response to determining that the transmission address is not stored in the cartridge memory but is stored in the memory. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The image recording device of claim 1, wherein the transmission address is an e-mail address. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The image recording device of claim 1, wherein the external device is a server provided by a service provider. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The image recording device of claim 7, wherein the image recording device receives a service from the service provider. ### Claim 9 A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions configured to, when executed by a controller of an image recording device comprising a cartridge mount to which a cartridge is mounted, a cartridge interface, a memory, a communication interface configured to communicate with an external device via a network, and a print engine configured to execute printing, cause the controller to: obtain a transmission address associated with the external device stored in a cartridge memory of the cartridge through the cartridge interface; store the obtained transmission address in the memory; obtain, from the memory, notification information including at least one from a group of remaining amount information indicating a remaining amount of consumable in the cartridge mounted to the cartridge mount, order information indicating an order for the cartridge and status information indicating a state of the print engine, and transmission source information, the transmission source information indicating an identifier associated with the notification information; and transmit the obtained notification information and the obtained transmission source information to the external device associated with the obtained transmission address through the communication interface.