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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018

Filed:

May. 16, 2017
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Daiki Yokoyama, Nagano, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06K 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/333 (2006.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 36/14 (2009.01); H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/33384 (2013.01); H04N 1/00103 (2013.01); H04N 1/00315 (2013.01); H04N 1/00893 (2013.01); H04W 4/008 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 36/14 (2013.01); H04W 52/0261 (2013.01); H04N 2201/006 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0055 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01); H04N 2201/33342 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

A wireless communication apparatus that operates on electric power supplied from a battery includes a first wireless communication unit that performs a first wireless communication, a second wireless communication unit that performs a second wireless communication that consumes less electric power than the first wireless communication, a battery's state detection unit that detects a state of the battery, and a first control unit that controls the first wireless communication unit and the second wireless communication unit. The first control unit determines which one of the first wireless communication and the second wireless communication to adopt as a wireless communication that is to be used for communication, on the basis of the state of the battery detected by the battery's state detection unit.


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