US Patent Issued to Canon on May 6 for "Control method executed in information processing apparatus, information processing system, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,037, issued on May 6, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Control method executed in information processing apparatus, information processing system, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium" was invented by Taketomo Naruse (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object is to manage the remaining amount of liquid of a specific liquid container. A control method executed in an information processing apparatus including an image-capturing unit is characterized by: obtaining a captured image of a liquid container which is acquired by capturing an image using the image-capturing unit; obtaining a first identifier f...