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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Shuichiro Matsushima, Tokyo, JP;
Toshinori Koba, Kawasaki, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method for controlling a communication apparatus includes communicating with an external device through close proximity wireless communication, receiving a remote control signal transmitted from a remote controller, storing a remote control setting which enables or disables an operation of the remote controller, making a determination as to whether a connection between the communication apparatus and the external device through the close proximity wireless communication is established, and controlling an operation of the remote controller for the communication apparatus on the basis of the determination.