US 12,325,245 B2
Information processing apparatus and notification method
Yuka Katahira, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Dec. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/148,366.
Application 18/148,366 is a continuation of application No. 17/722,175, filed on Apr. 15, 2022, granted, now 11,685,167.
Application 17/722,175 is a continuation of application No. 16/909,750, filed on Jun. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,331,928, issued on May 17, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-120952 (JP), filed on Jun. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0144277 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 29/13 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/17566 (2013.01) [B41J 2002/17573 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printer apparatus comprising:
a light emission unit;
a display unit for displaying a screen; and
a control unit,
wherein the control unit is configured to control the display unit and the light emission unit, based on a state of a storage provided in the printer apparatus and storing recording materials used for printing is in a predetermined state, so that a first screen is displayed and so that the light emission unit emits light in a predetermined light emission method,
wherein the control unit is configured to control the display unit and the light emission unit, in a state in which the first screen is displayed on the display unit and the light emission unit is controlled to emit light in a predetermined method, when a predetermined operation is performed on the printer apparatus based on the predetermined operation, so that a second screen different from the first screen is displayed and so that a state of the light emission unit is changed,
wherein the control unit is configured to control the light emission unit, so that the light emission unit returns to a state in which the light emission unit emits a first light emission pattern, based on a fact that a carriage provided on the storage moves to a predetermined position in a state in which the light emission unit emits a second light emission pattern.