ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,526,373, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Apparatus, control method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that cause a device to print an image based on a state of the apparatus and a user operation" was invented by Koji Yasuzaki (Tokorozawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control method performed by an apparatus that communicates with a device and that includes a display screen includes causing the display screen to display a first screen including a scan object used for scanning and a predetermined object different from the scan object, and causing the display screen to display, as a screen...