公开(公告)号：US12067312B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-20

申请号：US18456668

申请日：2023-08-28

Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Hiroshi Shibata

IPC: G06F3/12 ,  G06K7/10 ,  G06K7/14 ,  H04W12/04 ,  H04W12/06

CPC classification number: G06F3/1236 ,  G06F3/1222 ,  G06F3/1231 ,  G06F3/1292 ,  G06F3/1293 ,  G06K7/10722 ,  G06K7/1417 ,  H04W12/04 ,  H04W12/06

Abstract: A first communication device may execute an output control process of externally outputting output information, the output information obtained using a public key of the first communication device, receive an authentication request from a second communication device that has obtained the public key, send a first authentication response to the second communication device via a wireless interface in a case where it is determined that a wireless connection has been established between the first communication device and a first access point, the first authentication response including first role information indicating that the first communication device is to serve a first role which is a role of sending first wireless setting information to the second communication device, and send the first wireless setting information to the second communication device.

公开(公告)号：US12050815B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-30

申请号：US18156438

申请日：2023-01-19

Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Inventor： Kenju Narita

IPC: G06F3/12

CPC classification number: G06F3/1203 ,  G06F3/121 ,  G06F3/1253 ,  G06F3/1273 ,  G06F3/1287 ,  G06F3/1293

Abstract: A non-transitory storage medium stores a supporting program executable by a computer of an information processing apparatus. The supporting program is configured to support a printing program of an operating system of the information processing apparatus. The printing program of the operating system is configured to process data so as to display a print setting screen on a display of the information processing apparatus, Service information which is information related to a service applicable to the external printer is stored in the external printer. The supporting program causes the information processing apparatus to obtaining the service information, generating, based on the obtained service information, notification data indicating a notifying image to a user, and displaying the notifying image on the print setting screen displayed on the display of the information processing apparatus by outputting the generated notification data to the printing program of the operating system.

公开(公告)号：US20240187540A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-06

申请号：US18528004

申请日：2023-12-04

Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Yuta NAKANISHI

IPC: H04N1/34 ,  G06F3/12

CPC classification number: H04N1/346 ,  G06F3/1203 ,  G06F3/1239 ,  G06F3/1273 ,  G06F3/1286 ,  G06F3/1287 ,  G06F3/1293

Abstract: A server may, every time printing information indicating a number of printer print sheets which is a number of sheets printed by the printer is received from the printer, update non-charged sheet information in a memory within a range that does not exceed upper limit number of print sheets and, in a case where a sheet information request including the printer identification information is received from a terminal device, send to the terminal device related sheet information related to non-charged sheet information in the memory.

公开(公告)号：US20240028268A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-25

申请号：US18222820

申请日：2023-07-17

Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： CHIKAKO TOMITA ,  Akitoshi MASUDA

IPC: G06F3/12

CPC classification number: G06F3/1204 ,  G06F3/1254 ,  G06F3/1238 ,  G06F3/1293 ,  G06F3/1288

Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus includes an operation panel, the image forming apparatus forming an image based on image data; and a user terminal having a printer driver capable of configuring preliminary setting information pertaining to formation of the image. The user terminal is able to transmit the preliminary setting information configured by the printer driver to the image forming apparatus. When the image forming apparatus is accessed by a user after receiving the preliminary setting information, the image forming apparatus transitions to an image-data acquisition standby state to accept an operation to acquire image data, and when the image data is acquired, the image forming apparatus forms an image based on the image data by applying the preliminary setting information.

公开(公告)号：US20230382105A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-30

申请号：US18448794

申请日：2023-08-11

Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.

Inventor： Boon Bing Ng ,  James Michael Gardner ,  Scott A. Linn

IPC: B41J2/045 ,  G06F3/12 ,  G06F13/16 ,  G11C7/10

CPC classification number: B41J2/04536 ,  B41J2/04586 ,  G06F3/1293 ,  B41J2/04541 ,  B41J2/04555 ,  B41J2/04563 ,  B41J2/0458 ,  G06F13/1668 ,  G11C7/1069 ,  G11C16/10

Abstract: A memory circuit for a print component including a plurality of I/O pads, including an analog pad, to connect to a plurality of signal paths which communicate operating signals to the print component. The memory circuit includes a controllable selector connected in line with one of the signal paths via the I/O pads, the selector controllable to disconnect the corresponding signal path to the print component, and a memory component to store memory values associated with the print component. A control circuit, in response to a sequence of operating signals received by the I/O pads representing a memory read, to operate the controllable selector to disconnect the signal path to the print component to block the memory read of the print component, and provide an analog signal to the analog pad to provide an analog electrical value at the analog pad representing stored memory values selected by the memory read.

公开(公告)号：US11809755B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-07

申请号：US17741757

申请日：2022-05-11

Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Shinichi Kawano

IPC: G06F3/12

CPC classification number: G06F3/1203 ,  G06F3/126 ,  G06F3/1222 ,  G06F3/1238 ,  G06F3/1267 ,  G06F3/1293

Abstract: In a print system, a user terminal generates a print job including identification information of an apparatus user of an image-forming apparatus designated by a terminal user and transmits the print job to an information processing apparatus (print server). The apparatus user of the image-forming apparatus requests a list of print jobs including identification information of the apparatus user to the information processing apparatus. When receiving target print job data from the information processing apparatus together with the print job list, the image-forming apparatus executes the print job in accordance with an operation of the apparatus user specified by the terminal user.

公开(公告)号：US11780222B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-10

申请号：US17961476

申请日：2022-10-06

Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.

Inventor： Boon Bing Ng ,  James Michael Gardner ,  Scott A. Linn

IPC: B41J2/045 ,  G06F3/12 ,  G06F13/16 ,  G11C7/10 ,  G11C16/10 ,  G11C16/26

CPC classification number: B41J2/04536 ,  B41J2/0458 ,  B41J2/04541 ,  B41J2/04555 ,  B41J2/04563 ,  B41J2/04586 ,  G06F3/1293 ,  G06F13/1668 ,  G11C7/1069 ,  G11C16/10 ,  G11C16/26 ,  G11C2207/105

Abstract: A memory circuit for a print component including a plurality of I/O pads, including an analog pad, to connect to a plurality of signal paths which communicate operating signals to the print component. The memory circuit includes a controllable selector connected in line with one of the signal paths via the I/O pads, the selector controllable to disconnect the corresponding signal path to the print component, and a memory component to store memory values associated with the print component. A control circuit, in response to a sequence of operating signals received by the I/O pads representing a memory read, to operate the controllable selector to disconnect the signal path to the print component to block the memory read of the print component, and provide an analog signal to the analog pad to provide an analog electrical value at the analog pad representing stored memory values selected by the memory read.

公开(公告)号：US11706034B2

公开(公告)日：2023-07-18

申请号：US16979701

申请日：2019-03-13

Applicant: FOBISUITE TECHNOLOGIES INC.

Inventor： Robert Douglas Anson ,  Casey Edward Matson-deKay

IPC: G06Q40/00 ,  G06Q20/04 ,  G06Q20/20 ,  G06F16/245 ,  G06F3/12 ,  G06F21/60 ,  G06K19/06 ,  H04L9/32 ,  G06Q40/12

CPC classification number: H04L9/3239 ,  G06F3/1293 ,  G06F16/245 ,  G06F21/602 ,  G06K19/06028 ,  G06K19/06037 ,  G06Q20/047 ,  G06Q20/209 ,  G06Q40/12 ,  G06Q2220/00

Abstract: A point-of-sale (POS) system and a data analytic platform provides receipt modification. The POS system has a receipt monitor intercepting receipt data from a POS till. The receipt monitor modifies the receipt data to produce modified receipt data and the receipt monitor transmits the modified receipt data to a receipt printer. A data processing server may receive the receipt from the receipt monitor. The server structures the receipt data, extracts one or more attributes, and may provide modified receipt data to the receipt monitor.

公开(公告)号：US20190196754A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-27

申请号：US16163929

申请日：2018-10-18

Applicant: Youichi Minegishi

Inventor： Youichi Minegishi

IPC: G06F3/12 ,  H04N1/54 ,  H04N1/32

CPC classification number: G06F3/1206 ,  G06F3/1242 ,  G06F3/1276 ,  G06F3/1293 ,  H04N1/32309 ,  H04N1/54

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes circuitry and a communication interface. The circuitry acquires first print data in a red-green-blue format, and converts the first print data into second print data. The second print data corresponds to a color of a first toner stored in an image forming apparatus and to be replaced by a transparent toner in the image forming apparatus. The communication interface transmits the second print data to the image forming apparatus.

公开(公告)号：US20190095148A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-28

申请号：US15712367

申请日：2017-09-22

Applicant: Datamax-O'Neil Corporation

Inventor： Thomas Axel Jonas Celinder ,  Erik Karl Henning Unemyr

IPC: G06F3/12 ,  G03G15/00 ,  H04N1/32 ,  G06F11/00

CPC classification number: G06F3/1229 ,  G03G15/553 ,  G06F3/121 ,  G06F3/1293 ,  G06F11/008 ,  H04N1/32609

Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for executing various types of maintenance operations upon various types of printers. The maintenance operations can include preemptive actions that are taken upon a printer that is being operated in a certain environment, the preemptive actions based on evaluating operational statistics associated with a set of similar printers operated in a similar environment. The operational statistics, which are automatically accumulated over a period of time for various printers under various operating conditions, can be implemented in various ways, such as in the form of behavioral models and/or predictive models. In some embodiments, the behavioral models and/or predictive models indicate an expected-time-to-failure of a component when a printer is operated in a certain environment. The expected-time-to-failure information can be utilized to execute preemptive printer maintenance operations such as scheduling a replacement of the component ahead of the expected-time-to-failure.