Wireless Communication Device
First Claim
1. A wireless communication device comprising:
- a first wireless communication interface;
a processor; and
a memory storing computer-readable instructions therein, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the wireless communication device to execute;
forming a wireless network in which the wireless communication device operates as a master station, the wireless network being for performing a wireless communication of target data with an external apparatus via the first wireless communication interface;
receiving a wireless connection request from a specific external apparatus;
determining, in a case where the wireless connection request is received from the specific external apparatus, whether a number of slave apparatuses is equal to an upper limit number K, the K being an integer equal to or more than 1, the slave apparatus being an external apparatus operating as a slave station in the wireless network;
terminating a wireless connection with a target apparatus included in K slave apparatuses, so as to cause the target apparatus to secede from the wireless network, in a case where it is determined that the number of slave apparatuses is equal to the upper limit number K;
automatically establishing a wireless connection with the specific external apparatus via the first wireless communication interface, so as to cause the specific external apparatus to participate as the slave station in the wireless network, as the target apparatus has seceded from the wireless network;
performing a wireless communication of first target data with the specific external apparatus via the first wireless communication interface by using the wireless network, while the specific external apparatus participates in the wireless network;
automatically terminating the wireless connection with the specific external apparatus, so as to cause the specific external apparatus to secede from the wireless network, as the wireless communication of the first target data has been completed; and
automatically establishing a wireless connection with the target apparatus via the first wireless communication interface, so as to cause the target apparatus to participate as the slave station in the wireless network again, as the specific external apparatus has seceded from the wireless network.
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Abstract
A wireless communication device may form a wireless network in which the wireless communication device operates as a master station, terminate a wireless connection with a target apparatus in a case where a wireless connection request is received from a specific external apparatus under a state of a number of slave apparatuses being equal to an upper limit number K, establish a wireless connection with the specific external apparatus, and perform a wireless communication of first target data with the specific external apparatus by using the wireless network. The wireless communication device may terminate the wireless connection with the specific external apparatus, and establish a wireless connection with the target apparatus via the first wireless communication interface, so as to cause the target apparatus to participate as the slave station in the wireless network again.
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17 Claims
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1. A wireless communication device comprising:
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a first wireless communication interface; a processor; and a memory storing computer-readable instructions therein, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the wireless communication device to execute; forming a wireless network in which the wireless communication device operates as a master station, the wireless network being for performing a wireless communication of target data with an external apparatus via the first wireless communication interface; receiving a wireless connection request from a specific external apparatus; determining, in a case where the wireless connection request is received from the specific external apparatus, whether a number of slave apparatuses is equal to an upper limit number K, the K being an integer equal to or more than 1, the slave apparatus being an external apparatus operating as a slave station in the wireless network; terminating a wireless connection with a target apparatus included in K slave apparatuses, so as to cause the target apparatus to secede from the wireless network, in a case where it is determined that the number of slave apparatuses is equal to the upper limit number K; automatically establishing a wireless connection with the specific external apparatus via the first wireless communication interface, so as to cause the specific external apparatus to participate as the slave station in the wireless network, as the target apparatus has seceded from the wireless network; performing a wireless communication of first target data with the specific external apparatus via the first wireless communication interface by using the wireless network, while the specific external apparatus participates in the wireless network; automatically terminating the wireless connection with the specific external apparatus, so as to cause the specific external apparatus to secede from the wireless network, as the wireless communication of the first target data has been completed; and automatically establishing a wireless connection with the target apparatus via the first wireless communication interface, so as to cause the target apparatus to participate as the slave station in the wireless network again, as the specific external apparatus has seceded from the wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A wireless communication device comprising:
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a first wireless communication interface; a processor, and a memory storing computer-readable instructions therein, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the wireless communication device to execute; forming a wireless network in which the wireless communication device operates as a master station, the wireless network being for performing a wireless communication of target data with an external apparatus via the first wireless communication interface; receiving a wireless connection request from a specific external apparatus; determining, in a case where the wireless connection request is received from the specific external apparatus, whether a number of slave apparatuses is equal to an upper limit number K, the K being an integer equal to or more than 1, the slave apparatus being an external apparatus operating as a slave station in the wireless network; terminating a wireless connection with a target apparatus included in K slave apparatuses, so as to cause the target apparatus to secede from the wireless network, in a case where it is determined that the number of slave apparatuses is equal to the upper limit number K; automatically establishing a wireless connection with the specific external apparatus via the first wireless communication interface, so as to cause the specific external apparatus to participate as the slave station in the wireless network, as the target apparatus has seceded from the wireless network; performing a wireless communication of first target data with the specific external apparatus via the first wireless communication interface by using the wireless network, while the specific external apparatus participates in the wireless network; automatically terminating the wireless connection with the specific external apparatus, so as to cause the specific external apparatus to secede from the wireless network, as the wireless communication of the first target data has been completed, in a case where the target apparatus is a predetermined apparatus, wherein the wireless connection with the specific external apparatus is maintained after the wireless communication of the first target data has been completed, in a case where the target apparatus is not the predetermined apparatus; automatically establishing a wireless connection with the target apparatus via the first wireless communication interface, so as to cause the target apparatus to participate as the slave station in the wireless network again, as the specific external apparatus has seceded from the wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer-readable instructions for a wireless communication device,
the computer-readable instructions, when executed by a processor of the wireless communication device, causing the wireless communication device to execute: -
forming a wireless network in which the wireless communication device operates as a master station, the wireless network being for performing a wireless communication of target data with an external apparatus via the first wireless communication interface; receiving a wireless connection request from a specific external apparatus; determining, in a case where the wireless connection request is received from the specific external apparatus, whether a number of slave apparatuses is equal to an upper limit number K, the K being an integer equal to or more than 1, the slave apparatus being an external apparatus operating as a slave station in the wireless network; terminating a wireless connection with a target apparatus included in K slave apparatuses, so as to cause the target apparatus to secede from the wireless network, in a case where it is determined that the number of slave apparatuses is equal to the upper limit number K; automatically establishing a wireless connection with the specific external apparatus via the first wireless communication interface, so as to cause the specific external apparatus to participate as the slave station in the wireless network, as the target apparatus has seceded from the wireless network; performing a wireless communication of first target data with the specific external apparatus via the first wireless communication interface by using the wireless network, while the specific external apparatus participates in the wireless network; automatically terminating the wireless connection with the specific external apparatus, so as to cause the specific external apparatus to secede from the wireless network, as the wireless communication of the first target data has been completed; and automatically establishing a wireless connection with the target apparatus via the first wireless communication interface, so as to cause the target apparatus to participate as the slave station in the wireless network again, as the specific external apparatus has seceded from the wireless network.
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