# US 10,873,690 B2 · Communication apparatus, method for controlling the communication apparatus and computer readable storage medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,873,690 B2 - Document ID: US10873690B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/229,014 - Filed: 2018-12-21 - Published: 2019-06-27 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2017-12-26 - Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Akihiko Ishizu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10873690B2 ## CPC - H04N 23/661: Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet - H04N 1/00: Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof - H04N 1/21: Intermediate information storage (H04N1/387, H04N1/41 take precedence {; for control between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N1/32358; indexing, editing G11B27/00}) - H04N 7/188: {Capturing isolated or intermittent images triggered by the occurrence of a predetermined event, e.g. an object reaching a predetermined position (signal generation from motion picture films H04N5/253)} - H04N 23/60: Control of cameras or camera modules - H04N 23/617: Upgrading or updating of programs or applications for camera control - H04N 23/65: Control of camera operation in relation to power supply - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A communication apparatus which includes a communication unit that communicates with an external apparatus, records connection information for connecting to the external apparatus using the communication unit, and subjects, upon activation of the communication apparatus, the communication unit to communication connection to the external apparatus based on the connection information. The communication apparatus inhibits the communication connection to the external apparatus based on an activation factor, which is a factor in the activation of the communication apparatus. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A communication apparatus comprising: a communication interface configured to communicate with an external apparatus; a memory configured to store connection information for communication-connecting to the external apparatus via the communication interface; a data transmitter configured to establish, in response to the communication apparatus being activated from a power-off state, communication connection to the external apparatus via the communication interface based on the connection information and automatically transmit data of the communication apparatus to the external apparatus; and a controller configured to inhibit the data transmitter from automatically transmitting the data to the external apparatus, based on an activation factor, which is a factor of activating the communication apparatus from the power-off state. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the connection information includes identification information for uniquely identifying an access point and an external apparatus, and the data transmitter connects, upon the activation, the communication interface to the external apparatus via the access point based on the identification information. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the data transmitter connects to the access point based on the connection information, and, after connecting to the access point, searches for the external apparatus and connects the communication interface to the external apparatus. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller inhibits the data transmitter from establishing the communication connection if the activation factor relates to activation such that, after activation, the communication apparatus performs certain processing and shuts down. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the controller inhibits the data transmitter from establishing the communication connection if the activation factor relates to activation in an operation in which activation and shut-down are automatically repeated. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller inhibits the data transmitter from establishing the communication connection if the activation factor relates to communication with a device different from the external apparatus. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller inhibits the data transmitter from establishing the communication connection if the activation factor relates to activation due to connection by another communication interface different from that communication interface. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the other communication interface performs short range wireless communication or close proximity wireless communication. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the short range wireless communication is Bluetooth or Bluetooth Low Energy. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the close proximity wireless communication is NFC. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller inhibits the data transmitter from establishing the communication connection if there is no data to be transmitted to the external apparatus. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller disconnects the communication connection if the activation factor relates to establishment of communication connection that is incompatible with the communication connection established by the data transmitter. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller disconnects the communication connection upon execution of moving image recording by image capture unit. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller disables a function of automatically disconnecting a power supply of the communication apparatus during the data transmission executed by the data transmitter. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an image capture unit, wherein the data transmitted by the data transmitter is image data obtained through shooting executed by the image capture unit. ### Claim 16 A method for controlling a communication apparatus that includes a communication interface configured to communicate with an external apparatus, the method comprising: storing, in a memory, connection information for communication-connecting to the external apparatus via the communication interface; establishing, in response to the communication apparatus being activated from a power-off state, communication connection to the external apparatus via the communication interface based on the connection information and automatically transmitting data to the communication apparatus the external apparatus; and inhibiting the automatically transmitting data of the communication apparatus to the external apparatus, based on an activation factor, which is a factor of activating the communication apparatus from the power-off state. ### Claim 17 A communication apparatus comprising: an image capture unit; a communication interface configured to communicate with an external apparatus; a memory configured to store image data obtained by the image capture unit; and a controller configured to establish, in response to the communication apparatus being activated from a power-off state, communication connection to the external apparatus registered in advance, and automatically transmit the image data stored in the memory to the external apparatus, wherein the controller inhibits automatic transmission of the image data is not executed if a factor of activating the communication apparatus from the power-off state is a predetermined factor. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The communication apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the memory stores transmission history of the image data, and the controller decides that, of the image data stored in the memory, un-transmitted image data is data to be transmitted automatically based on the transmission history. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The communication apparatus according to claim 18, wherein when all pieces of the un-transmitted image data have been transmitted, the controller ends the automatic transmission and disconnects the communication connection to the external apparatus. ### Claim 20 A method for controlling a communication apparatus that includes an image capture unit, a communication interface configured to communicate with an external apparatus, and a memory configured to store image data obtained by the image capture unit, the method comprising: establishing, in response to the communication apparatus being activated from a power-off state, communication connection to the external apparatus registered in advance, and automatically transmitting the image data stored in the memory to the external apparatus; and inhibiting automatic transmission of the image data if a factor in of activating the communication apparatus from the power-off state is a predetermined factor. ### Claim 21 A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform a method for controlling a communication apparatus that includes a communication interface configured to communicate with an external apparatus, the method comprising: storing, in a memory, connection information for communication-connecting to the external apparatus via the communication interface; establishing, in response to the communication apparatus being activated from a power-off state, communication connection to the external apparatus based on the connection information and automatically transmitting data of the communication apparatus to the external apparatus; and inhibiting the automatically transmitting data of the communication apparatus to the external apparatus, based on an activation factor, which is a factor of activating the communication apparatus from the power-off state. ### Claim 22 A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform a method for controlling a communication apparatus that includes an image capture unit, a communication interface configured do communicate with an external apparatus, and a memory configured to store image data obtained by the image capture unit, the method comprising: establishing, in response to the communication apparatus being activated from a power-off state, communication connection to the external apparatus registered in advance, and automatically transmitting the image data stored in the memory to the external apparatus; and inhibiting automatic transmission of the image data if a factor of activating the communication apparatus from the power-off state is a predetermined factor.