System having electronic device with multiple interfaces and host apparatus, information processing device, electronic device, and setup method, control method and program therefor

• US 9,100,841 B2
• Filed: 03/14/2012
• Issued: 08/04/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Nakamura, Atsushi
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Thai
• Application Number:
  US13/419,969
• Publication Number:
  US 20120176648A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,238 Days
• Field of Search: 709223-226, 370/230, 370/332, 370/338, 4554321-453
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 capable of wirelessly communicating via a relay device, and a host device, the peripheral device comprising:

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

the host device comprising;

at least one processor;

a memory comprising instructions executed by the processor to implement;

a first confirmation unit configured to confirm a first quality of communication between the peripheral device and the relay device by using the wireless interface;

a second confirmation unit configured to confirm 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 configured to control (i) displaying first information concerning the first quality of communication and, according to the second quality of communication, second information concerning the second quality of communication in a case that the first quality of communication is above a predetermined value, and (ii) displaying the first information and an indication that a communication condition between the peripheral device and the relay device should be improved without displaying the second information in a case that the first quality of communication is below the predetermined value.

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

at least one processor;

a memory comprising instructions executed by the processor to implement;

a first confirmation unit configured to confirm a first quality of communication between the peripheral device and the relay device by using the wireless interface;

a second confirmation unit configured to confirm a second quality of communication between the information processing device and the peripheral device via the relay device by using the wireless interface; and

a display unit configured to control (i) displaying first information concerning the first quality of communication and, according to the second quality of communication, second information concerning the second quality of communication in a case that the first quality of communication is above a predetermined value, and (ii) displaying the first information and an indication that a communication condition between the peripheral device and the relay device should be improved without displaying the second information in a case that the first quality of communication is below the predetermined value.

3. A peripheral device comprising:

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

at least one processor;

a memory comprising instructions executed by the processor to implement;

a first measurement unit configured to measure a first quality of communication between the peripheral device and the relay device by using the wireless interface;

a second measurement unit configured to measure a second quality of communication between the host device and the peripheral device via the relay device by using the wireless interface; and

a notification unit configured to notify the host device of (i) first information concerning the first quality of communication and second information concerning the second quality of communication in a case that the first quality of communication is above a predetermined value, and (ii) the second information and an indication that a communication condition between the peripheral device and the relay device should be improved in a case that the first quality of communication is below the predetermined value.

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

the 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 (i) displaying first information concerning the first quality of communication and, according to the second quality of communication, second information concerning the second quality of communication in a case that the first quality of communication is above a predetermined value, and (ii) displaying the first information and an indication that a communication condition between the peripheral device and the relay device should be improved without displaying the second information in a case that the first quality of communication is below the predetermined value.

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, a message which indicates that the installation place of the peripheral device should be changed without displaying the second information concerning the second quality of communication.

7. The display method according to claim 4, wherein

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

8. 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 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.

9. The display method according to claim 4, wherein the display step display the first quality of communication between the peripheral device and the relay device and the second quality of communication between the peripheral device and the host device distinguishably.

10. The display method according to claim 4, wherein

the confirmation of the second 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.

11. The display method according to claim 10, 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.

12. 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.

13. The display method according to claim 4, wherein the second confirmation step confirms the second quality of communication between the host device and the peripheral device when the first quality of communication between the peripheral device and the relay device is above the predetermined value.

14. The display method according to claim 4, wherein

the display step displays the first information as a bar graph and displays the second information as a message.

15. The display method according to claim 4, wherein the second confirmation step does not perform in a case that the first quality is below the predetermined value.

16. The display method according to claim 4, wherein

the display step displays the first information as a bar graph, an icon according to the first quality and a message according to the first quality.

17. The display method according to claim 4, wherein the display step displays a message which indicates that an installation place of the peripheral device should be changed.

18. The display method according to claim 4, wherein the indication is an indication that the peripheral device should be relocated.

19. 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 communication between the information processing device and the peripheral device via the relay device by using the wireless interface; and

displaying (i) first information concerning the first quality of communication and, according to the second quality of communication, second information concerning the second quality of communication in a case that the first quality of communication is above a predetermined value, and (ii) displaying the first information and an indication that a communication condition between the peripheral device and the relay device should be improved without displaying the second information in a case that the first quality of communication is below the predetermined value.

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

20. 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 (i) first information concerning the first quality of communication and second information concerning the second quality of communication in a case that the first quality of communication is above a predetermined value, and (ii) the second information and an indication that a communication condition between the peripheral device and the relay device should be improved in a case that the first quality of communication is below the predetermined value.

22. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, the computer program causing a computer to execute the method according to claim 20.