Seiko Epson Corporation

Kenji Sakuda

Hideki Morozumi

Yasuhiro Oshima

Yoshinao Kitahara

Yohei Ogawa

Taichi Ueno

Masakatsu Endo

Makoto Oyanagi

Daiki Yokoyama

Yoichi Wakai

Kazunori Suenaga

Toshihiko Katayama

Junpei Koizumi

Takafumi Higuchi

Hiroyuki Suzuki

Shinji Konishi

Kota Nishida

Kikuo Ueno

Megumi Kanda

Keiichi Morimoto

Tsutomu Motegi

Kazuki Yanagisawa

Naoki Kojima

Haruki Mine

When a terminal apparatus establishes second wireless communication with an access point in compliance with a second wireless communication scheme, a terminal control unit transmits a first network identifier of the access point, the second wireless communication with which is established by the terminal apparatus, to a device. When a first network identifier is included in a list of network identifiers that are acquired by the device by searching a wireless communication network in compliance with a second wireless communication scheme, the terminal control unit causes a first password input screen to be displayed.

Terminal apparatus, device, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium

A communication unit transmits an SSID of an access point which is a connection target in a first wireless communication scheme to electronic equipment in compliance with a second wireless communication scheme and receives an identifier of the electronic equipment in compliance with both the first wireless communication scheme and the second wireless communication scheme. When it is determined that both identifiers match, a processing unit notifies that a connection between the electronic equipment and the access point is successful.

Terminal apparatus, communication system, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program

An electronic apparatus includes a wireless communication unit which performs wireless communication, and a processing unit which controls the communication of the wireless communication unit. In a state in which the wireless communication unit performs wireless connections with a plurality of terminal apparatuses (existing connection terminals) and the wireless communication unit starts a wireless connection with a new connection terminal, which is different from the plurality of terminal apparatuses, the processing unit cuts the wireless connections with the plurality of terminal apparatuses, and establishes the wireless connections with the plurality of terminal apparatuses after waiting for establishment of the wireless connection with the new connection terminal.

Electronic apparatus, communication system, and wireless communication method

An output product producing method includes acquiring output information, specifying an output condition for an output section, converting the output information into a code having an error-correction amount corresponding to the output condition, and causing the output section to output an output product including the code under the output condition.

Method of producing output product by outputting appropriate code corresponding to output condition, and storage medium storing code conversion program

A terminal device includes a first communication unit that performs a wireless communication with a wireless communication tag of an electronic equipment in accordance with a first communication method, a second communication unit that performs the wireless communication in accordance with a second communication method, and a processing unit. The first communication unit receives an identification information of the electronic equipment from the wireless communication tag and the second communication unit receives a beacon signal including the identification information of the electronic equipment and an identifier of an internal access point. The processing unit establishes the wireless communication with the electronic equipment in accordance with the second communication method using the identifier specified based on a collation process between the identification information received by the first communication unit and the identification information included in the beacon signal.

Terminal device, communication system, recording medium

An electronic apparatus includes a wireless communication unit, which performs a first wireless communication process and a second wireless communication process using an internal access point that operates in a first frequency band or a second frequency band, and a processing unit. The wireless communication unit transmits information of an operation frequency band of the internal access point on connection demand with respect to the internal access point through the second wireless communication process. In a case where a demand to change the operation frequency band is received from a terminal apparatus, the processing unit performs a process of changing the operation frequency band of the internal access point.

Electronic apparatus, non-transitory computer-readable medium storing program, and wireless communication method

A wireless communication apparatus includes a first connection processing unit that performs a wireless connection process for performing a wireless connection to an access point (an example of a relay apparatus), and a temporary connection processing unit that in a case where the first connection processing unit fails in the wireless connection process, searches for (for example, SSID scan) a wireless setting-completed apparatus in which connection setting information for a connection to the relay apparatus is already set, and performs a temporary connection to the wireless setting-completed apparatus which is found from the searching. Further, the wireless communication apparatus includes a second connection processing unit that acquires connection setting information from the wireless setting-completed apparatus through the temporary connection, and performs a wireless connection to the access point based on the connection setting information.

Wireless communication apparatus, wireless communication system, wireless communication method, and computer-readable recording medium

A wireless communication apparatus performing wireless communication with a terminal apparatus includes a regular connection control unit making connection to and performing communication with an external access point and a temporary connection control unit that makes connection to the terminal apparatus through an internal access point and receives connection setting information of the external access point from the terminal apparatus through wireless communication based on the connection. The identification information of the internal access point includes a first character string and a second character string, and the temporary connection control unit changes the second character string of the identification information when a predetermined condition is satisfied.

Wireless communication apparatus, wireless communication terminal, wireless communication system, wireless communication method, and wireless communication program

A wireless communication apparatus includes: a first wireless communication unit performing first wireless communication; a second wireless communication unit performing second wireless communication that consumes less power than the first wireless communication; and a control unit that switches between a first operation mode and a second operation mode consuming less power than the first operation mode. The control unit switches between the first operation mode and the second operation mode on a basis of a search result of searching for another apparatus performed in the second wireless communication.

Wireless communication apparatus, printing apparatus, and control method

An electronic apparatus includes: a short-distance wireless communication unit; a wireless communication unit that provides wireless communication for multiple different connection types; an acquisition unit that acquires connection type information relating to a connection type that is provided by an external apparatus, from the external apparatus through the short-distance wireless communication unit; a determination unit that determines a recommendation connection type that is used for the communication between the external apparatus and the wireless communication unit, based on connection type information on the external apparatus, and connection type information relating to a connection type that is provided by the wireless communication unit; and a notification unit that notifies a user of the recommendation connection type.

Electronic apparatus, wireless communication method, and computer-readable recording medium

A printing system includes an information processing terminal and a printing apparatus. The printing apparatus includes: a distance calculation section that calculates respective distances between the printing apparatus and other printing apparatuses and a distance information transmitting section that transmits distance information indicating the distances calculated by the distance calculation section to the information processing terminal. The information processing terminal includes: a distance information receiving section that receives the distance information; and an alternative printing apparatus determination section that determines which of the other printing apparatuses is to be used as an alternative printing apparatus determination section that performs a printing process instead of the printing apparatus on the basis of the distance information received by the distance information receiving section.

Printing system including information processing terminal with alternative printing apparatus determination section, printing apparatus with alternative printing apparatus determination section, information processing terminal, and non-transitory computer readable medium

A wireless communication terminal includes an identification information obtainment unit that obtains identification information using, for example, a short-range wireless communication with the wireless communication device, a connection determination unit that, when the identification information in the network is wirelessly transmitted to an external access point connected in advance and a response for the transmission of the identification information in the network is received, determines whether or not a wireless communication device corresponding to the identification information in the network is on the network through the external access point based on the received response, a connection selection unit that selects whether to wirelessly connect to the wireless communication device without going through the external access point or wirelessly connect to the wireless communication device through the external access point, in accordance with the determined result, and a communication control unit that performs wireless communication with the wireless communication device.

Wireless communication terminal, wireless communication system, and storage medium storing wireless communication program

A wireless communication apparatus includes an indirect wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication that involves an access point; a direct wireless communication unit that performs direct wireless communication that does not involve the access point; a control unit that controls a search for the access point that is performed by the indirect wireless communication unit, in which the control unit controls a timing at which the indirect wireless communication unit searches for the access point, according to a communication state of the direct wireless communication.

Wireless communication apparatus and wireless communication method

A wireless communication unit forms any one of a first wireless network and a second wireless network, and performs wireless communication with a terminal device. An NFC communication unit performs short distance wireless communication with a terminal device. A controller switches a network of the wireless communication, which is formed by the wireless communication unit, from the first wireless network to the second wireless network, in response to the short distance wireless communication with the terminal device in a case in which the wireless communication unit forms the first wireless network.

Electronic equipment, terminal device, and computer-readable recording medium

A wireless communication apparatus comprises: a search unit; a determination unit; and a wireless connection processing unit. The search section carries out an SSID (network identification information) search for at least one wireless communication device that has an access point function via a wireless communication section. The determination unit determines, among SSIDs found as a result of search, an SSID that disappeared from the search target of the wireless communication section and has appeared again after disappearance. The wireless connection processing section recognizes, as a connection target device, the wireless communication device corresponding to the determined network identification information, and performs processing for wireless connection to the connection target device. The user operates an operation unit in accordance with the instruction of the guidance screen of the wireless communication apparatus to turn a soft access point OFF and thereafter ON.

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Kenji Sakuda