COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20120106396A1
• Filed: 07/01/2010
• Published: 05/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Sakai, Tatsuhiko
• Application Number:
  US13/380,974
• Publication Number:
  US 20120106396A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/254
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/18 Negotiating wireless communication parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

In an apparatus that can execute a plurality of communication parameter automatic setting methods, user-friendliness is improved. The communication apparatus selects whether to execute communication parameter setting processing with an access point or to execute communication parameter setting processing with another communication apparatus, which is different from the access point, based on a result of detecting apparatuses that is activating communication parameter setting processing.

Claims

1. A communication apparatus, comprising:

a first setting unit for executing a first setting process for setting communication parameters with an access point;

a second setting unit for executing a second setting process for setting communication parameters with another communication apparatus that is not the access point;

a detection unit configured to detect an apparatus that is activating the first or second setting process; and

a selection unit configured to select whether to perform the first setting process by the first setting unit or to perform the second setting process by the second setting unit, based on detection performed by the detection unit.

2. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein if an access point that is activating the first setting process is detected by the detection unit, the selection unit selects executing the first setting process by the first setting unit.

3. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein if an access point activating the first setting process is detected by the detection unit and another communication apparatus that is activating the second setting process is not detected, the selection unit selects executing the first setting process by the first setting unit.

4. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein if an access point that is activating the first setting process is not detected by the detection unit, the selection unit selects executing the second setting process by the second setting unit.

5. The communication apparatus according to claims 1, wherein if another communication apparatus that is activating the second setting process is detected by the detection unit and an access point that is activating the first setting process is not detected by the detection unit, the selection unit selects executing the second setting process by the second setting unit.

6. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein if the selection unit selects and activates the second setting processing by the second setting unit, and neither an access point that is activating the first setting process nor another communication apparatus that is activating the second setting process is detected by the detection unit, the detection unit detects an apparatus that is activating communication parameter setting processing in a state in which the second setting process by the second setting unit is activating.

7. The communication apparatus according to claim 6, wherein after the second setting process by the second setting unit is activated, if an access point that is activating the first setting processing is detected by the detection unit, the communication apparatus stops the second setting process.

13. A computer readable storage medium storing a computer-executable program of instruction for causing a computer to function as the communication apparatus according to claim 1.

14. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 13, wherein in the communication apparatus, if an access point that is activating the first setting process is detected by the detection unit, the selection unit selects executing the first setting process by the first setting unit.

15. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 13, wherein in the communication apparatus, if an access point activating the first setting process is detected by the detection unit and another communication apparatus that is activating the second setting process is not detected, the selection unit selects executing the first setting process by the first setting unit.

16. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 13, wherein in the communication apparatus, if an access point that is activating the first setting process is not detected by the detection unit, the selection unit selects executing the second setting process by the second setting unit.

17. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 13, wherein in the communication apparatus, if another communication apparatus that is activating the second setting process is detected by the detection unit and an access point that is activating the first setting process is not detected by the detection unit, the selection unit selects executing the second setting process by the second setting unit.

18. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 13, wherein in the communication apparatus, if the selection unit selects and activates the second setting processing by the second setting unit, and neither an access point that is activating the first setting process nor another communication apparatus that is activating the second setting process is detected by the detection unit, the detection unit detects an apparatus that is activating communication parameter setting processing in a state in which the second setting process by the second setting unit is activating.

19. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 13, wherein in the communication apparatus, after the second setting process by the second setting unit is activated, if an access point that is activating the first setting processing is detected by the detection unit, the communication apparatus stops the second setting process.

8. A communication apparatus, comprising:

a first setting unit for executing communication parameter setting processing with an access point;

a second setting unit for executing communication parameter setting processing with another communication apparatus that is different from the access point;

a detection unit configured to detect an access point that is activating first communication parameter setting processing or another apparatus that is activating second communication parameter setting processing; and

an execution unit configured to selectively execute setting processing by the first setting unit and setting processing by the second setting unit, based on detection performed by the detection unit.

9. A communication apparatus, comprising:

a first setting unit for executing communication parameter setting processing in an infrastructure mode;

a second setting unit for executing communication parameter setting processing in an ad hoc mode;

a detection unit configured to detect an apparatus that is activating communication parameter setting processing; and

a selection unit configured to select whether to perform setting processing by the first setting unit or to perform setting processing by the second setting unit, based on the detection performed by the detection unit.

10. A method for controlling a communication apparatus, comprising:

detecting an apparatus that is activating communication parameter setting processing; and

selecting whether to execute communication parameter setting processing with an access point based on a first setting processing or to execute communication parameter setting processing with another communication apparatus, which is different from the access point, based on second setting processing, according to a detection result.

11. A method for controlling a communication apparatus, comprising:

detecting an access point that is activating first communication parameter setting processing or another communication apparatus that is activating second communication parameter setting processing; and

selectively executing the first communication parameter setting processing with the access point and the second communication parameter setting processing with another communication apparatus, which is different from the access point, based on the detection result.

12. A method for controlling a communication apparatus, comprising:

detecting an apparatus that is activating communication parameter setting processing; and

selectively executing communication parameter setting processing in an infrastructure mode and communication parameter setting processing in an ad hoc mode, based on the detection result.