The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2012
Applicant:
Takehiro Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takehiro Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01); H04B 5/00 (2006.01); H04B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1209 (2013.01); G06F 3/1236 (2013.01); G06F 3/1292 (2013.01); G06F 3/1221 (2013.01); G06F 3/1229 (2013.01); G06F 3/1273 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1271 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus, including a storage unit wirelessly accessible from an external device, switches its operation mode related to wireless access of the image forming apparatus between an active mode in which a signal for wirelessly connecting to an external device is transmitted and a passive mode enabling access to the storage unit in response to a signal for wireless connection from an external device.