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Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2023

Filed:

Feb. 02, 2022
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Akio Takamoto, Shiojiri, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06K 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/327 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1204 (2013.01); G06F 3/1231 (2013.01); G06F 3/1292 (2013.01); H04N 1/32778 (2013.01);
Abstract

A terminal device includes a first acquisition unit acquiring identification information of a target terminal device in a communicable state with a printing apparatus, a second acquisition unit acquiring respective pieces of identification information of one or more search terminal devices searched based on transmission of one or more search signals for searching for the target terminal device, a third acquisition unit acquiring respective pieces of distance information indicating distances to the one or more search terminal devices, and a notification controller. The notification controller causes a notifier to provide a notification of the distance information indicating a distance to the search terminal device identified by a target identification information, that is identification information identical to the identification information of the target terminal device acquired by the first acquisition unit, among the respective pieces of distance information acquired by the third acquisition unit.


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