Printing system, terminal apparatus, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12314616-B2
Application number	US-202318520353-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 27, 2023
Priority date	Nov 28, 2022
Publication date	May 27, 2025
Grant date	May 27, 2025

Abstract

A printing system includes a reception unit configured to receive a print setting from a user, a generation unit configured to generate a virtual object based on the received print setting and print target image data, a display unit configured to display the generated virtual object in a superimposed manner on a video image obtained by image capturing, and a control unit configured to transmit the print setting and the print target image data to a printing apparatus and cause the printing apparatus to perform printing based on the print setting and the print target image data. The display unit displays the virtual object in actual size based on the video image and sheet size information included in the print setting.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A printing system comprising:
at least one memory storing instructions; and
at least one processor that, upon execution of the stored instructions, operates to:
receive image data designated by a user;
receive, from the user, sheet size information indicating a size of a sheet where the received image data is to be printed;
generate a virtual object based on the received sheet size information and the received image data;
display the generated virtual object in a superimposed manner on a video image obtained by image capturing; and
transmit the received sheet size information and the received image data to a printing apparatus and cause the printing apparatus to perform printing, based on the received sheet size information, the received image data on the sheet,
wherein the virtual object is displayed, in actual size, based on the video image and the received sheet size information.

2. The printing system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor further operates to:
change the received sheet size information based on an instruction issued by the user in a state where the virtual object is displayed,
wherein another virtual object is generated based on the changed sheet size information, and the other virtual object is displayed in a superimposed manner on the video image.

3. The printing system according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one processor changes the received sheet size information based on capability information indicating capabilities of the printing apparatus.

4. The printing system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor further operates to:
perform the image capturing to obtain the video image; and
receive designation of a position,
wherein the the at least one processor displays the virtual object based on the position and the video image obtained by the image capturing.

5. The printing system according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one processor displays the virtual object in actual size based on distance information calculated based on the position and the video image obtained by the image capturing.

6. The printing system according to claim 1 , wherein upon receiving a print instruction from the user in a state where the virtual object is displayed, the at least one processor transmits the received sheet size information and the received image data to the printing apparatus and causes the printing apparatus to perform the printing, based on the received sheet size information, the received image data on the sheet.

7. The printing system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor displays the virtual object in an augmented reality (AR) space.

8. A terminal apparatus comprising:
a controller that displays a virtual object in a superimposed manner on a video image obtained by image capturing, the virtual object being generated based on sheet size information indicating a size of a sheet where received image data is to be printed and the received image data; and
a communicator that transmits the received sheet size information and the received image data to a printing apparatus and cause the printing apparatus to perform printing, based on the received sheet size information, the received image data on the sheet,
wherein the controller displays the virtual object, in actual size, based on the video image and the received sheet size information.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method comprising:
displaying a virtual object in a superimposed manner on a video image obtained by image capturing, the virtual object being generated based on sheet size information indicating a size of a sheet where received image data is to be printed and the received image data; and
transmitting the received sheet size information and the received image data to a printing apparatus and causing the printing apparatus to perform printing, based on the received sheet size information, the received image data on the sheet,
wherein the virtual object is displayed, in actual size, based on the video image and the received sheet size information.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Hasegawa Kiichi
• Sugita Hikaru

Classifications

• G06F3/1204

  resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data · CPC title

• G06F3/1208

  resulting in improved quality of the output result, e.g. print layout, colours, workflows, print preview · CPC title

• G06T11/60

  Creating or editing images; Combining images with text · CPC title

• G06F3/1285

  Remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server · CPC title

• G06F3/1292

  Mobile client, e.g. wireless printing · CPC title