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US 9,794,424 B2Granted
Apparatus which causes a device to print an image after communication with the device via a short distance wireless communication
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKoji Yasuzaki
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a communication unit which communicates with a communication device, and can write data received from the communication device in a memory. The apparatus receives an operation request to the apparatus from the communication device, and stores the received operation request in the memory. The apparatus has a function of specifying a function corresponding to the operation request of a plurality of functions included in the apparatus in a state in which the operation request is stored in the memory. When the function is specified, and is not activated, the apparatus activates the function, and controls the activated function.
Claims29
An apparatus which causes a device to print an image, the apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- a display screen,
- wherein a state of the apparatus is changed from a first state to a second state when the image is settled as a print target by a user, the first state being a state in which the at least one processor does not cause the device to print the image even if the apparatus is put close to the device and the second state being a state in which the at least one processor can cause the device to print the image if the apparatus is put close to the device,
- wherein the at least one processor causes the display screen to display first information for confirmation of the image and not to display second information for prompting the user to put the apparatus close to the device for printing the image before the image is settled as the print target by the user when the state of the apparatus is the first state,
- wherein the at least one processor causes the display screen to display the second information with the first information, after the image is settled as the print target and when the state of the apparatus is the second state, and
- wherein after the apparatus in the second state performs a short distance wireless communication with the device, the device prints the image.
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A method for an apparatus which causes a device to print an image, the method comprising:
- causing a display screen to display first information for confirmation of the image, and not to display second information for prompting a user to put the apparatus close to the device for printing the image, before the image is settled as a print target by the user and when a state of the apparatus is a first state;
- and
- causing the display screen to display the second information after the image is settled as the print target by the user and when the state of the apparatus is a second state, in response to an instruction to the display screen in which the first information is displayed,
- wherein the state of the apparatus is changed from the first state to the second state when the image is settled as the print target by the user, the first state being a state in which the device is not caused to print the image even if the apparatus is put close to the device and the second state being a state in which the device can be caused to print the image if the apparatus is put close to the device, and
- wherein after the apparatus in the second state performs a short distance wireless communication with the device, the device prints the image.
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A method for an apparatus which causes a device to print an image, the method comprising:
- causing a display screen to display first information for confirmation of the image, and not to display second information for prompting a user to put the apparatus close to the device for printing the image, before the image is settled as a print target by the user and when a state of the apparatus is a first state;
- and
- causing the display screen to display the second information after the image is settled as the print target by the user and when the state of the apparatus is a second state,
- wherein the state of the apparatus is changed from the first state to the second state when the image is settled as the print target by the user, the first state being a state in which the device is not caused to print the image even if the apparatus is put close to the device and the second state being a state in which the device can be caused to print the image if the apparatus is put close to the device,
- wherein the display screen is caused to display third information for setting a print setting to be used for printing the image, with the first information and the second information, after the image is settled as the print target and when the state of the apparatus is the second state, and
- wherein after the apparatus in the second state performs a short distance wireless communication with the device, the device prints the image.
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A method for an apparatus which causes a device to print an image, the method comprising:
- causing a display screen to display first information for confirmation of the image, and not to display second information for prompting a user to put the apparatus close to the device for printing the image, before the image is settled as a print target by the user and when a state of the apparatus is a first state;
- causing the display screen to display the second information after the image is settled as the print target by the user and when the state of the apparatus is a second state;
- and
- causing the display screen to display the second information with a sheet size as a print setting to be used for printing the image, after the image is settled as the print target by the user and when the state of the apparatus is the second state,
- wherein the state of the apparatus is changed from the first state to the second state when the image is settled as the print target by the user, the first state being a state in which the device is not caused to print the image even if the apparatus is put close to the device and the second state being a state in which the device can be caused to print the image if the apparatus is put close to the device, and
- wherein after the apparatus in the second state performs a short distance wireless communication with the device, the device prints the image.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method for controlling an apparatus, which causes a device to print an image, the method comprising:
- causing a display screen to display first information for confirmation of the image, and not to display second information for prompting a user to put the apparatus close to the device for printing the image, before the image is settled as a print target by the user and when a state of the apparatus is a first state;
- and
- causing the display screen to display the second information after the image is settled as the print target by the user and when the state of the apparatus is a second state, in response to an instruction to the display screen in which the first information is displayed,
- wherein the state of the apparatus is changed from the first state to the second state when the image is settled as the print target by the user, the first state being a state in which the device is not caused to print the image even if the apparatus is put close to the device and the second state being a state in which the device can be caused to print the image if the apparatus is put close to the device, and
- wherein after the apparatus in the second state performs a short distance wireless communication with the device, the device prints the image.
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A method for an apparatus which causes a device to print an image, the method comprising:
- causing a display screen to display first information for confirmation of the image, and not to display second information for prompting a user to put the apparatus close to the device for printing the image, before the image is settled as a print target by the user and when a state of the apparatus is a first state;
- and
- causing the display screen to display the second information with the first information, after the image is settled as the print target by the user and when the state of the apparatus is a second state,
- wherein the state of the apparatus is changed from the first state to the second state when the image is settled as the print target by the user, the first state being a state in which the device is not caused to print the image even if the apparatus is put close to the device and the second state being a state in which the device can be caused to print the image if the apparatus is put close to the device, and
- wherein after the apparatus in the second state performs a short distance wireless communication with the device, the device prints the image.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method for controlling an apparatus, which causes a device to print an image, the method comprising:
- causing a display screen to display first information for confirmation of the image, and not to display second information for prompting a user to put the apparatus close to the device for printing the image, before the image is settled as a print target by the user and when a state of the apparatus is a first state;
- and
- causing the display screen to display the second information after the image is settled as the print target by the user and when the state of the apparatus is a second state,
- wherein the state of the apparatus is changed from the first state to the second state when the image is settled as the print target by the user, the first state being a state in which the device is not caused to print the image even if the apparatus is put close to the device and the second state being a state in which the device can be caused to print the image if the apparatus is put close to the device,
- wherein the display screen is caused to display third information for setting a print setting to be used for printing the image, with the first information and the second information, after the image is settled as the print target and when the state of the apparatus is the second state, and
- wherein after the apparatus in the second state performs a short distance wireless communication with the device, the device prints the image.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method for controlling an apparatus, which causes a device to print an image, the method comprising:
- causing a display screen to display first information for confirmation of the image, and not to display second information for prompting a user to put the apparatus close to the device for printing the image, before the image is settled as a print target by the user and when a state of the apparatus is a first state;
- causing the display screen to display the second information after the image is settled as the print target by the user and when the state of the apparatus is a second state;
- and
- causing the display screen to display the second information with a sheet size as a print setting to be used for printing the image, after the image is settled as the print target by the user and when the state of the apparatus is the second state,
- wherein the state of the apparatus is changed from the first state to the second state when the image is settled as the print target by the user, the first state being a state in which the device is not caused to print the image even if the apparatus is put close to the device and the second state being a state in which the device can be caused to print the image if the apparatus is put close to the device, and
- wherein after the apparatus in the second state performs a short distance wireless communication with the device, the device prints the image.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.