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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2023
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kota Nishida, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electronic device wirelessly communicates with an information processing device via a wireless communication unit and can operate at least in a first mode and in a second mode that is a state where power consumption is higher than in the first mode. The electronic device includes a direction information acquisition unit and a processor. The direction information acquisition unit acquires direction information about a direction of the information processing device in relation to a reference location of the electronic device by the wireless communication with the information processing device via the wireless communication unit. The processor performs at least one of a transition from the first mode to the second mode and a transition from the second mode to the first mode, based on the direction information.