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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuo Ido, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control device for controlling a communication apparatus having a first operation mode in which power with which a network communication function is operable is supplied, and a second operation mode in which power with which an operation of at least part of the network communication function is restricted is supplied, the control device includes a first determination unit configured to determine whether a packet received in the second operation mode is a packet for use in generating an Internet Protocol (IP) address, and a control unit configured to, in a case where the first determination unit determines that the received packet is not a packet for use in generating an IP address, control the communication apparatus not to shift from the second operation mode to the first operation mode.