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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
May. 14, 2013
Seiji Miyawaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuo Ohashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Michitaka Fukuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Shin Kusakari, Kanagawa, JP;
Kunihiro Miyauchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Kawasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Takaaki Hiroi, Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Aoki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yusuke Matsushita, Kanagawa, JP;
Seiji Miyawaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuo Ohashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Michitaka Fukuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Shin Kusakari, Kanagawa, JP;
Kunihiro Miyauchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Kawasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Takaaki Hiroi, Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Aoki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yusuke Matsushita, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication apparatus which transmits information on a position at which the communication apparatus is positioned is disclosed. The communication apparatus includes a detecting unit which detects one of a first signal which is detected when the communication apparatus is fixed to an installed location and a second signal which is detected when the communication apparatus is brought to a state in which it is not fixed to the installed location; a storage unit which stores therein the position information; and a control unit which erases the position information stored in the storage unit when the second signal is detected after the first signal is detected by the detecting unit.