Peripheral device control system, printing device, peripheral device control method, and program
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHideki Honda, Koichi Abe
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Abstract
An application in an image processing apparatus presents information about ink installed in a peripheral device, such as the shape, color, size, arrangement direction, and a remaining ink level of an ink tank, in a visually realistic manner using accurate graphics. The image processing apparatus acquires ink information about, in particular, a remaining ink level, arrangement direction, and the order of the arrangement of the ink tank, and displays the information about the peripheral device in a user interface of the application using the acquired ink information.
Claims40
A peripheral device control system comprising:
- an information processing apparatus including a peripheral device control unit and an application;
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- a peripheral device connected to the information processing apparatus,
- wherein the peripheral device control unit is configured to provide the application with information about an amount of remaining consumable supply and the arrangement of the consumable supply in the peripheral device, and
- wherein the application is configured to display the amount of remaining consumable supply along with the arrangement of the consumable supply on the basis of the information about the amount of remaining consumable supply and the arrangement of the consumable supply received from the peripheral device control unit.
A peripheral device control system comprising:
- an information processing apparatus including a peripheral device control unit and an application;
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- a peripheral device connected to the information processing apparatus, wherein the peripheral device is configured to transfer information about an amount of remaining consumable supply and the arrangement of the consumable supply to the peripheral device control unit in response to a request from the peripheral device control unit,
- wherein the peripheral device control unit is configured to transfer the information about an amount of remaining consumable supply and the arrangement of the consumable supply received from the peripheral device to the application, and
- wherein the application is configured to display the amount of remaining consumable supply along with the arrangement of the consumable supply on the basis of the information about an amount of remaining consumable supply and the arrangement of the consumable supply received from the peripheral device control unit.
A method for controlling a peripheral device in an information processing apparatus connected to the peripheral device, the information processing apparatus including a peripheral device control unit and an application, the method comprising:
- converting, by the peripheral device control unit, information about an amount of remaining consumable supply and an arrangement of the consumable supply in the peripheral device to a schema definition and providing the application with the schema definition;
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- displaying, by the application, the amount of remaining consumable supply along with the arrangement of the consumable supply on the basis of the information about the amount of remaining consumable supply and the arrangement of the consumable supply converted to the schema definition and provided from the peripheral device control unit.
A method for controlling a peripheral device in an information processing apparatus connected to the peripheral device, the information processing apparatus including a peripheral device control unit and an application, the method comprising:
- transferring, by the peripheral device, information about an amount of remaining consumable supply and the arrangement of the consumable supply to the peripheral device control unit in response to a request from the peripheral device control unit;
- converting, by the peripheral device control unit, the information about an amount of remaining consumable supply and the arrangement of the consumable supply received from the peripheral device to a schema definition and providing the application with the schema definition;
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- displaying, by the application, the amount of remaining consumable supply along with the arrangement of the consumable supply on the basis of the information about the amount of remaining consumable supply and the arrangement of the consumable supply converted to the schema definition and provided from the peripheral device control unit.
A program executed in an information processing apparatus connected to a peripheral device, comprising:
- program code for receiving information about an amount of remaining consumable supply and the arrangement of the consumable supply from the peripheral device;
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- program code for converting the information about an amount of remaining consumable supply and the arrangement of the consumable supply in the peripheral device to a schema definition and transmitting the schema definition to an application.
A program executed in an information processing apparatus connected to a peripheral device, comprising:
- program code for receiving a schema definition converted from information about an amount of remaining consumable supply and the arrangement of the consumable supply of the peripheral device;
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- program code for displaying the amount of remaining consumable supply along with the arrangement of the consumable supply on the basis of the information about the schema definition converted from the information about an amount of remaining consumable supply and the arrangement of the consumable supply received from the peripheral device.
A printing apparatus comprising:
- reception means for receiving a request from an information processing apparatus;
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- transmission means for transmitting information about the arrangement of consumable supply and an amount of remaining consumable supply in response to the received request from the information processing apparatus.
A method for controlling a peripheral device in an information processing apparatus connected to the peripheral device, the information processing apparatus including a peripheral device control unit and an application, the method comprising:
- providing, by the peripheral device control unit, the application with information about an amount of remaining consumable supply and the arrangement of the consumable supply in the peripheral device;
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- displaying, by the application, the amount of remaining consumable supply along with the arrangement of the consumable supply on the basis of the information about the amount of remaining consumable supply and the arrangement of the consumable supply received from the peripheral device control unit.
A method for controlling a peripheral device in an information processing apparatus connected to the peripheral device, the information processing apparatus including a peripheral device control unit and an application, the method comprising:
- transferring, from the peripheral device, information about an amount of remaining consumable supply and the arrangement of the consumable supply to the peripheral device control unit in response to a request from the peripheral device control unit;
- transferring, from the peripheral device control unit, the information about an amount of remaining consumable supply and the arrangement of the consumable supply received from the peripheral device to the application;
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- displaying, by the application, the amount of remaining consumable supply along with the arrangement of the consumable supply on the basis of the information received from the peripheral device control unit.
A program executed in an information processing apparatus connected to a peripheral device, comprising:
- program code for receiving information about an amount of remaining consumable supply and the arrangement of the consumable supply from the peripheral device;
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- program code for transmitting the information about an amount of remaining consumable supply and the arrangement of the consumable supply in the peripheral device to an application.
A program executed in an information processing apparatus connected to a peripheral device, comprising:
- program code for receiving information about an amount of remaining consumable supply and the arrangement of the consumable supply in the peripheral device;
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- program code for displaying the amount of remaining consumable supply along with the arrangement of the consumable supply on the basis of the received information about an amount of remaining consumable supply and the arrangement of the consumable supply in the peripheral device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.