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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2017
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yohei Ogawa, Nagano, JP;
Kenji Sakuda, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); H04W 76/04 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 76/023 (2013.01); H04W 76/045 (2013.01); H04W 76/25 (2018.02); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wireless communication apparatus includes an indirect wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication that involves an access point; a direct wireless communication unit that performs direct wireless communication that does not involve the access point; a control unit that controls a search for the access point that is performed by the indirect wireless communication unit, in which the control unit controls a timing at which the indirect wireless communication unit searches for the access point, according to a communication state of the direct wireless communication.