ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,986, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Toshiba Tec K.K. (Tokyo).
"Operation device and information processing device" was invented by Naoyuki Hattori (Izunokuni Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment, an operation device, such as printer or the like, includes a display screen, a storage unit, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to detect an error of the operation device and generate a code symbol for display on the display screen. The code symbol encodes at least one of information related to the detected error or a URL of a web service associated with the detected error in the storag...