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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2020
Takeshi Shikama, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroki Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryosuke Takeuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication apparatus for data communication with a plurality of external devices includes a communication interface and processing circuitry. The communication interface is configured to perform wired communication and wireless communication with the plurality of external devices. The processing circuitry is configured to determine whether the plurality of external devices is connected via the wired communication or the wireless communication, and switch a connection destination from one external device to another external device of the plurality of external devices when the one external device is connected via one of the wired communication and the wireless communication and the processing circuitry receives a connection request from said another external device via the other of the wired communication and the wireless communication.