US 12,113,942 B2
Voice control device, printing apparatus, control methods thereof, and storage medium
Akira Okamoto, Kawasaki (JP); Takuho Taguchi, Kawasaki (JP); and Ryohei Saito, Kawasaki (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/510,492.
Application 18/510,492 is a continuation of application No. 17/566,938, filed on Dec. 31, 2021, granted, now 11,849,087.
Application 17/566,938 is a continuation of application No. 17/199,189, filed on Mar. 11, 2021, granted, now 11,252,286, issued on Feb. 15, 2022.
Application 17/199,189 is a continuation of application No. 16/110,342, filed on Aug. 23, 2018, granted, now 10,979,581, issued on Apr. 13, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-167753 (JP), filed on Aug. 31, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0089381 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 1/00408 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1204 (2013.01); G06F 3/1234 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); H04N 1/00403 (2013.01); G06F 3/1287 (2013.01); G06F 3/1292 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
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1. A control method of a notification system comprising:
a voice control device; and
a mobile terminal external to the voice control device, the control method comprising:
accepting, by the voice control device, a predetermined instruction to cause a printing apparatus to perform printing by voice from a user, wherein the printing apparatus is external to the voice control device and external to the mobile terminal;
receiving, by the voice control device, predetermined data to cause the printing apparatus to perform printing from a server system based on the voice control device having accepted the predetermined instruction by voice from the user, wherein the server system is external to the voice control device, external to the mobile terminal, and external to the printing apparatus;
transmitting, by the voice control device, data based on the predetermined data, received from the server system, to the printing apparatus;
outputting, by the voice control device, a message relating to printing to be performed based on the predetermined instruction by voice, in a case where the voice control device has accepted the predetermined instruction by voice from the user;
displaying, by the mobile terminal, an input screen for inputting a predetermined user ID, wherein sign-in is performed based on the predetermined user ID inputted on the input screen; and
outputting, by the mobile terminal, the message relating to the printing to be performed based on the predetermined instruction by displaying the message after the sign-in is performed in the mobile terminal, in a case where the voice control device has accepted the predetermined instruction by voice from the user.