Communication apparatus, terminal apparatus, image processing system, and communication method
First Claim
1. A communication apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor configured to execute;
a first communication unit that wirelessly communicates with a plurality of terminal apparatuses, the number of which is less than or equal to a predetermined maximum number of connections allowed;
a second communication unit that wirelessly communicates with a connection-requesting terminal apparatus that attempts to wirelessly communicate with the first communication unit; and
a communication-apparatus-side controller that transmits, to the connection-requesting terminal apparatus via the second communication unit, information indicating that wireless communication via the first communication unit is not available in a case where the number of connections established for wireless communication via the first communication unit has reached the predetermined maximum number of connections allowed.
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Abstract
A communication apparatus includes a first communication unit, a second communication unit, and a communication-apparatus-side controller. The first communication unit wirelessly communicates with plural terminal apparatuses, the number of which is less than or equal to a predetermined maximum number of connections allowed. The second communication unit wirelessly communicates with a connection-requesting terminal apparatus that attempts to wirelessly communicate with the first communication unit. The communication-apparatus-side controller transmits, to the connection-requesting terminal apparatus via the second communication unit, information indicating that wireless communication via the first communication unit is not available in a case where the number of connections established for wireless communication via the first communication unit has reached the predetermined maximum number of connections allowed.
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8 Claims
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1. A communication apparatus comprising:
at least one processor configured to execute; a first communication unit that wirelessly communicates with a plurality of terminal apparatuses, the number of which is less than or equal to a predetermined maximum number of connections allowed; a second communication unit that wirelessly communicates with a connection-requesting terminal apparatus that attempts to wirelessly communicate with the first communication unit; and a communication-apparatus-side controller that transmits, to the connection-requesting terminal apparatus via the second communication unit, information indicating that wireless communication via the first communication unit is not available in a case where the number of connections established for wireless communication via the first communication unit has reached the predetermined maximum number of connections allowed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A communication apparatus comprising:
at least one processor configured to execute; a first communication unit that wirelessly communicates with a plurality of terminal apparatuses, the number of which is less than or equal to a predetermined maximum number of connections allowed; a second communication unit that wirelessly communicates with a connection-requesting terminal apparatus that attempts to wirelessly communicate with the first communication unit; and a communication-apparatus-side controller that disconnects a connection established to wirelessly communicate with an already connected terminal apparatus in accordance with a predetermined rule and prepares a line to which the connection-requesting terminal apparatus is preferentially connected, in a case where the number of connections established for wireless communication via the first communication unit has reached the predetermined maximum number of connections allowed.
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6. A terminal apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor configured to execute; a first communication unit that transmits and receives information to and from a communication apparatus via a wireless communication network for which a maximum number of connections allowed is predetermined; a second communication unit that wirelessly communicates with the communication apparatus when the terminal apparatus attempts to perform wireless communication via the first communication unit; and a terminal-apparatus-side controller that switches wireless communication performed via the second communication unit to wireless communication performed via the first communication unit, wherein the second communication unit receives information indicating that wireless communication via the first communication unit is not available from the communication apparatus in a case where the number of connections established in the wireless communication network has reached the maximum number of connections allowed.
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7. An image processing system comprising:
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an image processing apparatus configured to form an image; and terminal apparatuses each of which is configured to transmit, via wireless communication, image information used by the image processing apparatus to form an image, the image processing apparatus including; at least one processor configured to execute; a first communication unit that wirelessly communicates with a plurality of terminal apparatuses, the number of which is less than or equal to a predetermined maximum number of connections allowed, among the terminal apparatuses; a second communication unit that wirelessly communicates with a connection-requesting terminal apparatus that attempts to wirelessly communicate with the first communication unit, among the terminal apparatuses; a communication-apparatus-side controller that transmits, to the connection-requesting terminal apparatus via the second communication unit, information indicating that wireless communication via the first communication unit is not available in a case where the number of connections established for wireless communication via the first communication unit has reached the predetermined maximum number of connections allowed; and an image forming unit that forms an image.
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8. A communication method comprising:
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wirelessly communicating, via at least one processor configured to execute a second communication unit, with a connection-requesting terminal apparatus that attempts to wirelessly communicate with the at least one processor configured to execute a first communication unit which wirelessly communicates with a plurality of terminal apparatuses, the number of which is less than or equal to a predetermined maximum number of connections allowed; and transmitting, to the connection-requesting terminal apparatus via the at least one processor configured to execute the second communication unit, information indicating that wireless communication via the at least one processor configured to execute the first communication unit is not available in a case where the number of connections established for wireless communication via the at least one processor configured to execute the first communication unit has reached the predetermined maximum number of connections allowed.
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