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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2014
Masaaki Wakizaka, Ichinomiya, JP;
Shoji Sato, Nagoya, JP;
Koji Akagi, Inazawa, JP;
Akikazu Murata, Gifu-ken, JP;
Masaaki Wakizaka, Ichinomiya, JP;
Shoji Sato, Nagoya, JP;
Koji Akagi, Inazawa, JP;
Akikazu Murata, Gifu-ken, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A communication device, including: a near field communicator configured to perform near field communication with an information processing terminal; a display configured to display an image; and a controller configured to execute specific processing in which the controller obtains data from the information processing terminal utilizing the near field communication and executes process in accordance with the obtained data, wherein the controller is configured to determine, when an image is being displayed on the display, whether displayed-image-based processing that is processing in accordance with the image displayed on the display is the specific processing, and wherein the controller is configured to inactivate a communication function of the near field communicator if it is determined that the displayed-image-based processing is not the specific processing and to activate the communication function of the near field communicator if it is determined that the displayed-image-based processing is the specific processing.