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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Atsushi Shimazaki, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 76/023 (2013.01);
Abstract
A communicating apparatus includes a first communication unit configured to communicate with an external apparatus using a first wireless communication method, and a second communication unit configured to communicate with an external apparatus using a second wireless communication method different from the first wireless communication method. The second communication unit searches for an external apparatus which communicates by the second wireless communication method using a wireless channel used in communication by the first communication unit, and connects to the external apparatus.