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US 10,097,719 B2Granted
Printer and mobile information processing apparatus
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorHiroshi Yamaguchi
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Abstract
A printer includes an imaging unit, an imaging light unit, a transmitter, and a receiver. The transmitter transmits designation information via visible light communication by using the imaging light unit. The designation information is information for designating the printer as a destination of wireless communication. The receiver receives a print instruction from a mobile information processing apparatus via the wireless communication in accordance with the designation information.
Claims21
A printer comprising:
- an imaging unit;
- a transmitter that transmits light to detect a presence of a person and that transmits designation information via visible light communication, the designation information being information for designating the printer as a destination of wireless communication;
- and
- a receiver that receives a print instruction from a mobile information processing apparatus via the wireless communication in accordance with the designation information.
1 more element
A printer comprising:
- a transmitter that transmits light to detect a presence of a person and that transmits designation information via visible light communication with a low-power-consumption mode enabled, the designation information being information for designating the printer as a destination of wireless communication;
- and
- a receiver that receives a print instruction from a mobile information processing apparatus via the wireless communication in accordance with the designation information.
A printer comprising:
- a transmitter that transmits light to (1) detect a presence of a person and (2) transmit designation information via visible light communication, the designation information being information for designating the printer as a destination of wireless communication;
- a receiver that receives a print instruction from a mobile information processing apparatus via the wireless communication in accordance with the designation information;
- and
- a detector that detects the light transmitted to detect a presence of a person,
- wherein in response to the detector detecting a presence of a person, the transmitter starts visible light communication with a low-power-consumption mode enabled.
2 more elements
A printer comprising:
- a transmitter that transmits designation information to a light-receiving unit of a mobile information processing apparatus via visible light communication, the designation information being information for designating the printer as a destination of wireless communication;
- and
- a processor configured to provide a suggestion of an operation to be performed by a user when the designation information is to be transmitted to the mobile information processing apparatus via the visible light communication, the operation including positioning the light-receiving unit of the mobile information processing apparatus so that visible light is applied to the light-receiving unit of the mobile information processing apparatus.
A mobile information processing apparatus comprising:
- a first receiver that receives designation information via visible light communication, the designation information being information for designating a printer as a destination of wireless communication;
- a second receiver that receives the designation information via the wireless communication;
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- a processor that does not add the designation information to a selection list when the designation information is received by the first receiver, the selection list being a list for selecting the printer as a destination of the wireless communication.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.