Printer
AssigneeFUJIFILM Corporation
InventorsMasaya Usuki, Masayuki Sakai, Keita Kamei, Toshiaki Nagai
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Abstract
A printer having a printing unit that prints an image; a light emitting unit capable of switching colors of light emission; and a processor configured to: acquire an image to be printed from an external device; detect representative colors of regions by dividing the image to be printed by the printing unit into a plurality of regions; and control light emission of the light emitting unit, wherein the processor further configured to cause the light emitting unit to switch colors of the light emission based on the representative colors of the regions in order according to a printing progress of the image to be printed by the printing unit.
Claims20
A printer comprising:
- an outer casing;
- a printing unit disposed in an inside of the outer casing;
- a light emitting unit capable of switching colors of light emission toward an outside of the outer casing;
- and
- a processor configured to, in a case where the printing unit prints an image:
- detect representative colors of regions by dividing the image into a plurality of regions, and
- cause the light emitting unit to emit, toward the outside of the outer casing, light of colors while switching the colors based on the representative colors of the regions in order.
A printer comprising:
- a printing unit;
- a light emitting unit capable of switching colors of light emission;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- acquire information of a light emission pattern from an external device;
- detect representative colors of regions by dividing an image to be printed by the printing unit into a plurality of regions;
- and
- cause the light emitting unit to emit light in accordance with the acquired information of the light emission pattern,
- wherein the light emission pattern is set to cause the light emitting unit to emit light of colors while switching the colors based on the representative colors of the regions in order.
A method of controlling a printer including an outer casing, a printing unit disposed in an inside of the outer casing, and a light emitting unit capable of switching colors of light emission toward an outside of the outer casing, the method comprising:
- causing the printing unit to print an image;
- detecting representative colors of regions by dividing the image into a plurality of regions;
- and
- causing the light emitting unit to emit, toward the outside of the outer casing, light of colors while switching the colors based on the representative colors of the regions in order.
A method of controlling a printer including a printing unit and a light emitting unit capable of switching colors of light emission, the method comprising:
- acquiring information of a light emission pattern from an external device;
- detecting representative colors of regions by dividing an image to be printed by the printing unit into a plurality of regions;
- and
- causing the light emitting unit to emit light in accordance with the acquired information of the light emission pattern,
- wherein the light emission pattern is set to cause the light emitting unit to emit light of colors while switching the colors based on the representative colors of the regions in order.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.