Information processing apparatus, control method thereof, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKatsuhiko Yanagawa
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Abstract
This information processing apparatus can operate first wireless communication in parallel with second wireless communication whose communication standard is different from that of the first wireless communication by sequentially operating the first wireless communication and the second wireless communication. In addition, this information processing apparatus determines whether or not a parallel operation in which the second wireless communication is operated in parallel with and in addition to the first wireless communication is to be performed, and decides the transmission interval of the first wireless communication based on the determination result.
Claims20
An information processing apparatus being capable of performing first wireless communication and second wireless communication whose communication standard is different from that of the first wireless communication, the apparatus comprising:
- a memory device that stores a program;
- and
- at least one processor that executes the program to set, as a transmission time interval, a time interval for periodically transmitting a predetermined type of data packet in the first wireless communication;
- a first wireless communication unit configured to perform the first wireless communication, wherein the first wireless communication unit periodically transmits the predetermined type of data packet in accordance with the set transmission time interval;
- a second wireless communication unit configured to perform the second wireless communication;
- a setting unit that sets whether or not to use the second wireless communication, wherein the second wireless communication periodically takes place between a time of the first wireless communication unit transmitting the predetermined type of data packet and a time of the first wireless communication unit transmitting a next predetermined type of data packet in accordance with the set transmission time interval;
- wherein the at least one processor
- sets, as the transmission time interval, a different time interval between a case that the setting unit sets to use the second wireless communication and a case that the setting unit sets not to use the second wireless communication.
A control method for an information processing apparatus being capable of performing first wireless communication and second wireless communication whose communication standard is different from that of the first wireless communication, and that includes a first wireless communication unit configured to perform the first wireless communication, a second wireless communication unit configured to perform the second wireless communication, a memory device that stores a program, and at least one processor that executes the program, the control method comprising:
- setting, as a transmission time interval, a time interval for periodically transmitting a predetermined type of data packet in the first wireless communication, wherein the first wireless communication unit periodically transmits the predetermined type of data packet in accordance with a set transmission time interval;
- setting whether or not to use the second wireless communication, wherein the second wireless communication periodically takes place between a time of the first wireless communication unit transmitting the predetermined type of data packet and a time of the first wireless communication unit transmitting a next predetermined type of data packet in accordance with the set transmission time interval;
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- setting, as the transmission time interval, a different time interval between a case that the setting unit sets to use the second wireless communication and a case that the setting unit sets not to use the second wireless communication.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to execute steps of a control method for an information processing apparatus being capable of performing first wireless communication and second wireless communication whose communication standard is different from that of the first wireless communication, and that includes a first wireless communication unit configured to perform the first wireless communication, a second wireless communication unit configured to perform the second wireless communication, a memory device that stores a program, and at least one processor that executes the program, the control method comprising:
- setting, as a transmission time interval, a time interval for periodically transmitting a predetermined type of data packet in the first wireless communication, wherein the first wireless communication unit periodically transmits the predetermined type of data packet in accordance with a set transmission time interval;
- setting whether or not to use the second wireless communication, wherein the second wireless communication periodically takes place between a time of the first wireless communication unit transmitting the predetermined type of data packet and a time of the first wireless communication unit transmitting a next predetermined type of data packet in accordance with the set transmission time interval;
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- setting, as the transmission time interval, a different time interval between a case that the setting unit sets to use the second wireless communication and a case that the setting unit sets not to use the second wireless communication.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.