COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20110014869A1
• Filed: 05/07/2010
• Published: 01/20/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Nakajima, Yasuki
• Granted Patent: US 8,238,829 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/0031 for data transfer
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/0062 in RFID [Radio Frequency Identification] Systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/77 for interrogation

Abstract

To enable a user to easily approximate a portable information device to a position where the portable information device should be approximated so as to cause the portable information device and a communication apparatus to communicate with each other by wireless communication, there is provided a control method for controlling the communication apparatus, comprising: performing data transfer between the communication apparatus and the portable information device by the wireless communication through a communication unit; acquiring identification information for identifying the portable information device; and displaying position information which indicates the position where the portable information device should be approximated to the communication apparatus so that the portable information device identified by the acquired identification information and the communication unit perform the data transfer by the wireless communication.

Claims

1. A communication apparatus comprising:

a communication unit configured to perform data transfer between the communication apparatus and a portable information device by wireless communication;

an acquiring unit configured to acquire identification information for identifying the portable information device; and

a display unit configured to display position information which indicates a position where the portable information device should be approximated to the communication apparatus so that the portable information device which is identified by the identification information acquired by the acquiring unit and the communication unit perform the data transfer by the wireless communication.

2. A communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the acquiring unit acquires the identification information by performing wireless communication with the portable information device.

3. A communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the communication unit includes a first communication unit and a second communication unit,

the acquiring unit acquires the identification information by the second communication unit, and

the display unit displays the position information which indicates the position where the portable information device should be approximated to the communication apparatus so that the portable information device which is identified by the identification information acquired by the acquiring unit and the first communication unit perform the data transfer by the wireless communication.

4. A communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the position information includes position information of an antenna provided in the communication unit or outer shape information of the portable information device.

5. A communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the acquiring unit acquires the identification information by reading image information described on the portable information device.

6. A control method for controlling a communication apparatus, comprising:

performing data transfer between the communication apparatus and a portable information device by wireless communication through a communication unit;

acquiring identification information for identifying the portable information device; and

displaying position information which indicates a position where the portable information device should be approximated to the communication apparatus so that the portable information device identified by the acquired identification information and the communication unit perform the data transfer by the wireless communication.

7. A computer readable storage medium for storing a computer executable program for controlling a communication apparatus, comprising:

a code to perform data transfer between the communication apparatus and a portable information device by wireless communication through a communication unit;

a code to acquire identification information for identifying the portable information device; and

a code to display position information which indicates a position where the portable information device should be approximated to the communication apparatus so that the portable information device identified by the acquired identification information and the communication unit perform the data transfer by the wireless communication.