Method for controlling display device, display device, and display system
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorMakoto Shigemitsu
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Abstract
A method for controlling a display device includes: transmitting, in a first status where the display device is not connected to an access point, first status information representing the first status; receiving an instruction to operate as an access point from an electronic device in a status where the first status information is received by the electronic device and where the electronic device is not connected to an access point; operating as a first access point in response to the receiving of the instruction; and transmitting first connection information for connecting to the first access point, to the electronic device, when operating as the first access point.
Claims19
A method for controlling a display device, the method comprising:
- determining whether the display device is connected to any external access point,
- transmitting, in a first status where the display device is determined not to be connected to any external access point, first status information representing the first status to an electronic device;
- receiving an instruction to operate as a first access point from an electronic device when the first status information is received by the electronic device and the electronic device is not connected to any external access point;
- operating as the first access point in response to the receiving of the instruction;
- and
- transmitting first connection information for connecting to the first access point, to the electronic device, when operating as the first access point.
A display device comprising:
- a first communication unit configured to communicate with an electronic device;
- a second communication unit configured to operate as a first access point;
- and
- a central processing unit (CPU) configured to control the first communication unit and the second communication unit, wherein
- the display device is configured to determine whether the display device is connected to any external access point,
- in a first status where the display device is determined not to be connected to any external access point, the CPU causes the first communication unit to transmit first status information representing the first status to the electronic device,
- when the first status information is received by the electronic device and the electronic device is not connected to any external access point, the first communication unit receives an instruction to operate as the first access point from the electronic device, and the CPU causes the second communication unit to operate as the first access point, and
- when the second communication unit operates as the first access point, the CPU causes the first communication unit to transmit first connection information for connecting to the first access point, to the electronic device.
A display system comprising:
- a display device;
- and
- an electronic device, wherein
- the display device is configured to determine whether the display device is connected to any external access point,
- the electronic device is configured to determine whether the electronic device is connected to any external access point,
- in a first status where the display device is determined not to be connected to any external access point, the display device transmits first status information representing the first status to the electronic device,
- where when the first status information is received by the electronic device and the electronic device is determined not to be connected to any external access point, the electronic device transmits an instruction to operate as a first access point, to the display device,
- in response to the receiving of the instruction, the display device operates as the first access point, and
- when operating as the first access point, the display device transmits first connection information for connecting to the first access point, to the electronic device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.