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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2015
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, Aichi, JP;
Tsuyoshi Ohashi, Hashima, JP;
Kazuhito Misumi, Konan, JP;
Wataru Fujishiro, Anjo, JP;
Etsuteru Inoue, Obu, JP;
Nobumasa Tanaka, Aichi, JP;
Takuya Nagai, Aichi, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus including a wireless communication unit, an image processing unit, and a controller configured to establish a wireless connection to perform wireless signal communication between the wireless communication unit and an external device, acquire a reception intensity of a wireless signal received from the external device via the wireless communication unit, determine whether the reception intensity is more than a threshold value, when determining that the reception intensity is more than the threshold value, control the image processing unit to execute an image processing instruction received from the external device via the wireless communication unit, and when determining that the reception intensity is not more than the threshold value, transmit an instruction to display a warning on the external device, to the external device via the wireless communication unit, without controlling the image processing unit to execute the image processing instruction.