Allowing terminal devices to determine positions of electronic apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorYutaka Yoshida
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Abstract
An electronic apparatus is an electronic apparatus in a system including a terminal device and the electronic apparatus and includes a first communication device that is disposed in a first position and capable of wireless communication with the terminal device, a second communication device that is disposed in a second position and capable of wireless communication with the terminal device, and a processing unit. The first communication device transmits a beacon signal (a first position beacon) including position specifying information for specifying the first position and the second communication device transmits a beacon signal (a second position beacon) including position specifying information for specifying the second position.
Claims9
An electronic apparatus in a system including a terminal device and an electronic apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- a first communication device that is disposed in a first position of the electronic apparatus and capable of wireless communication with the terminal device;
- a second communication device that is disposed in a second position different from the first position of the electronic apparatus and capable of wireless communication with the terminal device;
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- a processing unit that controls the first communication device and the second communication device,
- wherein the processing unit causes the first communication device to transmit a first beacon signal including first position specifying information for the terminal device to specify the first position, and causes the second communication device to transmit a second beacon signal including second position specifying information for the terminal device to specify the second position, and
- wherein the first beacon signal transmitted by the first communication device and the second beacon signal transmitted by the second communication device include identification information of the electronic apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.