# US 10,484,570 B2 · Information processing apparatus, storage medium, and information processing system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,484,570 B2 - Document ID: US10484570B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/629,188 - Filed: 2017-06-21 - Published: 2017-10-12 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2015-02-26 - Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd. - Applicants: Ricoh Company, Ltd. - Inventors: Teruaki Takahashi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10484570B2 ## CPC - H04N 1/32767: {in response to a user operation, e.g. actuating a switch (H04N1/32769 and H04N1/32771 take precedence)} - G06F 3/1204: {resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data} - G06F 3/1236: {Connection management} - G06F 3/1292: {Mobile client, e.g. wireless printing} - H04N 1/00307: {with a mobile telephone apparatus (constructional features of portable telephone sets H04M1/0202; mobile radio systems H04W84/00)} - H04N 1/00315: {with a radio transmission apparatus (with a cordless telephone H04N1/00305; systems or arrangements for the transmission of a picture signal specially adapted for transmission via radio H04N1/00103; H04N1/00307 takes precedence; radio transmission systems H04B7/00; wireless communication networks H04W)} - H04N 1/00323: {with a measuring, monitoring or signaling apparatus, e.g. for transmitting measured information to a central location} - H04W 4/026: {using orientation information, e.g. compass} - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - H04W 24/08: Testing, {supervising or monitoring} using real traffic - H04W 76/10: Connection setup - H04N 2201/0039: Connection via a network - H04N 2201/0055: By radio - H04N 2201/006: Using near field communication, e.g. an inductive loop - H04N 2201/0094: Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception - H04W 84/12: WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract An information processing apparatus connectable to one or more devices via a network. The apparatus includes a measuring unit measuring an inclination of the apparatus; a determining unit determining whether the inclination of the apparatus relative to a given surface of one of the one or more devices is within a predetermined inclination range; a receiving unit that receives radio waves; an obtaining unit obtaining identification information from the radio waves; a radio wave strength measuring unit measuring strength of the radio waves; a selection unit determining whether to select a given one of the one or more devices based on the strength of the radio waves; and a connection unit connecting the information processing apparatus to one of the one or more devices selected by the selection unit and for which the inclination of the apparatus is within the predetermined inclination range. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing apparatus comprising: circuitry configured to: detect a predetermined operation with respect to the information processing apparatus; receive a plurality of radio waves from one or more devices via a network; acquire identification information from each of the radio waves of a first wireless communication system, the identification information identifying a device from which a radio wave is emitted; measure strengths of the radio waves received; determine whether or not to connect to the device that has emitted the radio wave from which the identification information is acquired, based on the strengths of the radio waves from which the same identification information is acquired among the radio waves received from the one or more devices; acquire a connection information via the first wireless communication system from the device which has been determined to be connected based on the strengths of the radio waves, the connection information including at least a service set identifier (SSID) for connecting to the device by a second wireless communication system different from the first wireless communication system; and connect to the device determined to be connected after detecting the predetermined operation via the second wireless communication system by using the SSID. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to determine whether or not to connect to the device that has emitted the radio wave from which the identification information is acquired, based on an average value of the strengths of the radio waves from which the identification information among the radio waves received is acquired. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to determine whether or not to connect to the device that has emitted the radio wave from which the identification information is acquired, based on a standard deviation of the strengths of the radio waves from which the identification information among the radio waves received is acquired. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to determine that a period of time set in advance for searching the device to connect has elapsed and cancel the determination to connect to the device. ### Claim 5 An information processing system comprising: a device including first circuitry configured to emit a radio wave to an information processing apparatus connectable to the device via a network; the information processing apparatus including second circuitry configured to: detect a predetermined operation with respect to the information processing apparatus; receive a plurality of radio waves from one or more devices via the network; acquire identification information from each of the radio waves of a first wireless communication system, the identification information identifying the device from which the radio wave is emitted; measure strengths of the radio waves received; determine whether or not to connect to the device that has emitted the radio wave from which the identification information is acquired, based on the strengths of the radio waves from which the same identification information is acquired among the radio waves received from the one or more devices; acquire a connection information via the first wireless communication system from the device which has been determined to be connected based on the strengths of the radio waves, the connection information including at least a service set identifier (SSID) for connecting to the device by a second wireless communication system different from the first wireless communication system; and connect to the device determined to be connected after detecting the predetermined operation via the second wireless communication system by using the SSID. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The information processing system according to claim 5, wherein the second circuitry is further configured to determine whether or not to connect to the device that has emitted the radio wave from which the identification information is acquired, based on an average value of the strengths of the radio waves from which the identification information among the radio waves received is acquired. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The information processing system according to claim 5, wherein the second circuitry is further configured to determine whether or not to connect to the device that has emitted the radio wave from which the identification information is acquired, based on a standard deviation of the strengths of the radio waves from which the identification information among the radio waves received is acquired. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The information processing system according to claim 5, wherein the second circuitry is further configured to determine that a period of time set in advance for searching the device to connect has elapsed and cancel the determination to connect to the device. ### Claim 9 A method for information processing comprising: detecting a predetermined operation with respect to an information processing apparatus; receiving a plurality of radio waves from one or more devices via a network; acquiring identification information from each of the radio waves of a first wireless communication system, the identification information identifying a device from which a radio wave is emitted; measuring strengths of the radio waves received; determining whether or not to connect to the device that has emitted the radio wave from which the identification information is acquired, based on the strengths of the radio waves from which the same identification information is acquired among the radio waves received from the one or more devices; acquiring a connection information via the first wireless communication system from the device which has been determined to be connected based on the strengths of the radio waves, the connection information including at least a service set identifier (SSID) for connecting to the device by a second wireless communication system different from the first wireless communication system; and connecting to the device determined to be connected after detecting the predetermined operation via the second wireless communication system by using the SSID. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, further comprising: determining whether or not to connect to the device that has emitted the radio wave from which the identification information is acquired, based on an average value of the strengths of the radio waves from which the identification information among the radio waves received is acquired. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, further comprising: determining whether or not to connect to the device that has emitted the radio wave from which the identification information is acquired, based on a standard deviation of the strengths of the radio waves from which the identification information among the radio waves received is acquired. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, further comprising: determining that a period of time set in advance for searching the device to connect has elapsed and cancel the determination to connect to the device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first wireless communication system is Bluetooth and the second wireless communication system is a wireless local area network. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to: display on a search screen (i) a start button to be pressed to start searching for a device and (ii) a display for receiving print settings; receive the print settings from a user and receive pressing of the start button; and after the receiving of the pressing of the start button, determine whether or not to connect to the device that has emitted the radio wave from which the identification information is acquired, based on the strengths of the radio waves from which the same identification information is acquired among the radio waves received from the one or more devices.