US 11,720,772 B2
Image forming apparatus for predicting usage of consumables and control method for image forming apparatus
Kazutaka Shinagawa, Tsukuba (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/816,860.
Application 17/816,860 is a continuation of application No. 17/394,250, filed on Aug. 4, 2021, granted, now 11,436,457.
Application 17/394,250 is a continuation of application No. 16/666,204, filed on Oct. 28, 2019, granted, now 11,120,316, issued on Sep. 14, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-205869 (JP), filed on Oct. 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0374666 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G06K 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 15/4075 (2013.01) [G06K 15/002 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus to which a container containing a recording material to be used for forming an image on a recording medium is attached, the image forming apparatus comprising a controller configured to:
acquire a period based on information regarding an amount of the recording material supplied from a container that was attached to the image forming apparatus and that has been detached from the image forming apparatus; and
cause a display to display the acquired period as a remaining period of another container attached to the image forming apparatus.