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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2018
Applicant:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Eric Pugh, Torrance, CA (US);
Duc Phu Truong, West Covina, CA (US);
Assignee:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/88 (2013.01); H04W 4/33 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/88 (2013.01); H04W 4/33 (2018.02); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01);
Abstract
A multifunctional printer (MFP) which has a first transceiver circuit which is configured to receive wireless broadcast signals from a second transceiver circuit, where the wireless broadcast signal identifies the second transceiver, where the first transceiver circuit is powered by the MFP, and where the first transceiver circuit is configured to determine a first distance that the second transceiver circuit is away from the first transceiver circuit.