# US 12,214,599 B2 · Electronic equipment, design selecting method, and storage medium

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- Number: US 12,214,599 B2
- Document ID: US12214599B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/963,747
- Filed: 2022-10-11
- Published: 2023-04-13
- Granted: 2025-02-04
- Earliest claimed: 2021-10-12
- Assignees: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Tamotsu Irie
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12214599B2

## CPC

- B41J 2/17566: {Ink level or ink residue control}
- A45D 29/00: Manicuring or pedicuring implements
- B41J 2/17546: {electronically}
- B41J 29/13: Cases or covers
- B41J 29/38: Drives, motors, controls or automatic cut-off devices for the entire printing mechanism
- A45D 2029/005: {Printing or stamping devices for applying images or ornaments to nails}
- B41J 2002/17569: {based on the amount printed or to be printed}
- B41J: TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
- A45D: HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT (wigs, toupees or the like A41G3/00, A41G5/00; hairdressers' chairs A47C1/04; hair cutting appliances, razors B26B); EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING

## Abstract

Disclosed is an electronic equipment including: a memory in which a program is stored; and at least one processor that executes the program stored in the memory. The processor obtains ink information including information regarding a percentage of an ink remaining amount for each of a first ink and a second ink that has a color different from a color of the first ink in a print head that prints the first ink and the second ink, and selects a printing design based on the ink information.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electronic equipment comprising:
a memory in which a program and multiple types of design data including color scheme information are stored, the color scheme information indicating a percentage of a first ink or a second ink used, and the second ink having a color different from a color of the first ink; and
at least one processor that executes the program stored in the memory, wherein
the processor
obtains ink information including information regarding a percentage of an ink remaining amount for each of the first ink and the second ink in a print head that prints the first ink and the second ink, and
selects printing design data from among the multiple types of design data based on the ink information and the color scheme information.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The electronic equipment according to claim 1, wherein the processor specifies a color to be used with a priority for a design based on the information regarding the percentage of the ink remaining amount, and selects the printing design data based on the specified color.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The electronic equipment according to claim 2, wherein
a threshold is set in advance for the percentage of the ink remaining amount, and
the processor specifies a color other than a color of an ink that has an ink remaining amount less than the threshold, as the color to be used with the priority for the design.

### Claim 4

A design selecting method comprising:
storing multiple types of design data including color scheme information, the color scheme information indicating a percentage of a first ink or a second ink used, and the second ink having a color different from a color of the first ink;
obtaining ink information including information regarding a percentage of an ink remaining amount for each of the first ink and the second ink in a print head that prints the first ink and the second ink; and
selecting printing design data from among the multiple types of design data based on the obtained ink information and the color scheme information.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The design selecting method according to claim 4, wherein a color to be used with a priority for a design is specified based on the information regarding the percentage of the ink remaining amount, and the printing design data is selected based on the specified color.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The design selecting method according to claim 5, wherein
a threshold is set in advance for the percentage of the ink remaining amount, and
a color other than a color of an ink that has an ink remaining amount less than the threshold is specified as the color to be used with the priority for the design.

### Claim 7

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to perform:
storing multiple types of design data including color scheme information, the color scheme information indicating a percentage of a first ink or a second ink used, and the second ink having a color different from a color of the first ink;
obtaining ink information including information regarding a percentage of an ink remaining amount for each of the first ink and the second ink in a print head that prints the first ink and the second ink, and
selecting printing design data from among the multiple types of design data based on the obtained ink information and the color scheme information.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The storage medium according to claim 7, wherein the program causes the computer to specify a color to be used with a priority for a design based on the information regarding the percentage of the ink remaining amount, and select the printing design data based on the specified color.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The storage medium according to claim 8, wherein
a threshold is set in advance for the percentage of the ink remaining amount, and
the program causes the computer to specify a color other than a color of an ink that has an ink remaining amount less than the threshold, as the color to be used with the priority for the design.