SYSTEM HAVING ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE INTERFACES AND HOST APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND SETUP METHOD, CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREFOR

• US 20120176648A1
• Filed: 03/14/2012
• Published: 07/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Nakamura, Atsushi
• Granted Patent: US 9,100,841 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/20 Selecting an access point
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

In order to make it possible to confirm an electronic device installation place where communication trouble occurrence is reduced, settings for communication via a second interface are made via a first interface when the electronic device is connected to a host device to install a device driver. After that, a message is displayed to a user to the effect that the electronic device should be placed at a location where it is actually used to cause user to place the electronic device at the location where it is actually used. After the installation of the electronic device, the communication state via the second interface is measured to determine whether the electronic device installation place is suitable or not.

Claims

1. A system provided with a peripheral device, a relay device, and a host device, the peripheral device comprising:

a wireless interface capable of wirelessly communicating with the host device via the relay device; and

the host device comprising.

a first confirmation unit for confirming a first quality of communication between the peripheral device and the relay device by using the wireless interface;

a second confirmation unit for confirming a second quality of network communication between the host device and the peripheral device via the relay device by using the wireless interface; and

a display unit for displaying, if the first quality of communication is below a predetermined value, a message which indicates that the installation place of the peripheral device should be changed, and displaying, if the first quality of communication is above the predetermined value, the information message concerning the second quality of network communication.

2. An information processing device, which communicates a peripheral device comprises a wireless interface capable of wirelessly communicating with the information processing device via a relay device, comprising:

a first confirmation unit for confirming a first quality of communication between the peripheral device and the relay device by using the wireless interface;

a second confirmation unit for confirming a second quality of network communication between the information processing device and the peripheral device via the relay device by using the wireless interface; and

a display unit for displaying, if the first quality of communication is below a predetermined value, a message which indicates that the installation place of the peripheral device should be changed, and displaying, if the first quality of communication is above the predetermined value, the information message concerning the second quality of network communication.

3. A peripheral device comprising:

a wireless interface capable of wirelessly communicating with a host device via a relay device;

a first measurement unit for measuring a first quality of communication between the peripheral device and the relay device by using the wireless interface;

a second measurement unit for measuring a second quality of network communication between the host device and the peripheral device via the relay device by using the wireless interface; and

a notification unit for notifying the host device of the first quality of communication so that the host device can display, if the first quality of communication is below a predetermined value, a message which indicates that the installation place of the peripheral device should be changed, and display if the first quality of communication is above the predetermined value, the information message concerning the second quality of network communication.

4. A display method for a host device which communicates with a peripheral device provided with a wireless interface capable of wirelessly communicating with the host device via a relay device;

the communication quality display method comprising;

a first confirmation step of confirming a first quality of communication between the peripheral device and the relay device by using the wireless interface;

a second confirmation step of confirming a second quality of network communication between the host device and the peripheral device via the relay device by using the wireless interface; and

a display step of displaying, if the first quality of communication is below a predetermined value, a message which indicates that the installation place of the peripheral device should be changed, and displaying, if the first quality of communication is above the predetermined value, the information message concerning the second quality of network communication.

5. The display method according to claim 4, wherein

the second confirmation step confirms the second quality of network communication in accordance with the first communication quality.

6. The display method according to claim 4, wherein

the display step displays, if the first quality of communication is below a predetermined value, the message which indicates that the installation place of the peripheral device should be changed without displaying the information message concerning the second quality of network communication.

7. The display method according to claim 4, wherein

the display step displays information concerning the first quality of communication.

8. The display method according to claim 7, wherein

the display step displays information concerning the first quality of communication and information concerning the second quality of network communication in different representations each other.

9. The display method according to claim 8, wherein

the display step displays the information the first quality of communication as a progress bar, and displays information concerning the second quality of network communication as a message.

10. The display method according to claim 4 further comprising:

a determination step of determining a state of the network communication between the host device and the peripheral device based on the second quality of network communication; and

wherein the display step displays a message which indicates that the network settings and/or the device configuration should be changed in accordance with the determination determined by the determination step.

11. The display method according to claim 7 wherein the display step display the first quality of communication between the peripheral device and the relay device and the second quality of network communication between the peripheral device and the host device distinguishably.

12. The display method according to claim 7, wherein

the confirmation of the quality of communication between the host device and the peripheral device is performed by sending a pre-specified amount of data from the host device to the peripheral device.

13. The display method according to claim 4, wherein

the second confirmation step sends data for measurement, the amount of which is based on the data amount to be transferred from the host device when the host device uses the peripheral device, from the host device to the peripheral device multiple times and regards the average of response times of responses thereto as a measurement result.

14. The display method according to claim 12, further comprising

an identification step of identifying the type of the peripheral device;

wherein the pre-specified amount of data is determined based on the type of the peripheral device identified by the identification step.

15. The display method according to claim 4, wherein the second confirmation step confirms quality of communication between the host device and the peripheral device when the quality of communication between the device and the relay device is greater than or equal to predetermined threshold.

16. A method of controlling an information processing device, which communicates a peripheral device comprises a wireless interface capable of wirelessly communicating with the information processing device via a relay device, the method comprising:

confirming a first quality of communication between the peripheral device and the relay device by using the wireless interface;

confirming a second quality of network communication between the information processing device and the peripheral device via the relay device by using the wireless interface; and

displaying, if the first quality of communication is below a predetermined value, a message which indicates that the installation place of the peripheral device should be changed, and displaying, if the first quality of communication is above the predetermined value, the information message concerning the second quality of network communication.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, the computer program causing a computer to execute the method according to claim 16.

17. A method of controlling a peripheral device comprising a wireless interface capable of wirelessly communicating with a host device via a relay device, the method comprising:

measuring a first quality of communication between the peripheral device and the relay device by using the wireless interface;

measuring a second quality of network communication between the host device and the peripheral device via the relay device by using the wireless interface; and

notifying the host device of the first quality of communication so as to the host device can display, if the first quality of communication is below a predetermined value, a message which indicates that the installation place of the peripheral device should be changed, and displaying, if the first quality of communication is above the predetermined value, the information message concerning the second quality of network communication.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, the computer program causing a computer to execute the method according to claim 17.