# US 11,451,947 B2 · System, information processing apparatus, method, and storage medium storing a program > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,451,947 B2 - Document ID: US11451947B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/741,929 - Filed: 2020-01-14 - Published: 2020-05-14 - Granted: 2022-09-20 - Earliest claimed: 2015-03-18 - Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Masami Tsunoda - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11451947B2 ## CPC - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - H04W 84/18: Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks - H04W 8/005: {Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals} - H04W 76/14: Direct-mode setup - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract In response to receiving an acquisition request for acquiring wireless connection information from an external apparatus, it is determined whether or not a sensor for detecting a nearby object has detected an object. If it is determined that the sensor has detected an object, the wireless connection information is transmitted to the external apparatus. If it is determined that the sensor has not detected an object, the wireless connection information is not transmitted to the external apparatus. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A communication system in which a mobile terminal and a communication apparatus perform a communication, the system comprises, the mobile terminal comprising: a first Bluetooth communicator that performs a communication based on Bluetooth; and at least one controller configured to: cause the first Bluetooth communicator to send, to the communication apparatus, a first request for establishing a Bluetooth communication based on a received advertising packet; send, to the communication apparatus via the established Bluetooth communication, a second request of any one of several types of requests including a first type of request and a second type of request, and the communication apparatus comprising: a second Bluetooth communicator that performs a communication based on Bluetooth; a human presence sensor capable of detecting existence of a person within a limited area which is provided close to a front of the communication apparatus; and at least one controller configured to: cause the second Bluetooth communicator to transmit advertising packets to a surrounding area intermittently; establish, in response to the receiving the first request, the Bluetooth communication between the second Bluetooth communicator and the first Bluetooth communicator; and receive the second request via the established Bluetooth communication, perform processing corresponding to the first type request without depending on a result of detection of the human sensor in a case where the received second request is the first type request, and determine whether to perform processing corresponding to the second type request based on a result of detection of the human sensor in a case where the received second request is the second type request. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one controller of the communication apparatus is configured to prohibit the execution of the processing corresponding to the second type request, in a case where it is determined that the result of detection indicates that the existence of the person has not been detected by the human presence sensor. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one controller of the communication apparatus is configured to permit the execution of the processing corresponding to the second type request, in a case where it is determined that the result of detection indicates that the existence of the person has been detected by the human presence sensor. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one controller of the communication apparatus is configured to cause, instead of the performing of the processing corresponding to the second type request, the second Bluetooth communicator to transmit, to the first Bluetooth communicator, connection rejection information if it is determined that the result of detection indicates that the existence of the person has not been detected by the human presence sensor. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one controller of the communication apparatus is configured to cause the second Bluetooth communicator to transmit, to the first Bluetooth communicator, connection information in the processing corresponding to the second type request based on the result of detection of the human sensor. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The system according to claim 5, wherein the connection information includes at least SSID. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The system according to claim 5, wherein the at least one controller of the communication apparatus is configured to establish a wireless LAN communication between the communication apparatus and the mobile terminal, based on the connection information. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein a designation on whether to perform the prohibition in accordance with the result of detection is able to be accepted. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the human presence sensor is a sensor using at least one of a temperature sensor, a magnetic sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, an optical sensor, a pyroelectric sensor and an infrared ray sensor. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the human presence sensor is a sensor in which a plurality of sensors are combined with each other. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the communication apparatus includes a printing device which forms an image on a sheet. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the communication apparatus includes a reading device which reads a document. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the first type request and the second type request are requests having different information from each other. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the first type request includes an instantaneous connection flag and the second type request does not include the instantaneous connection flag. ### Claim 15 A method for a communication system including a mobile terminal having a first Bluetooth communicator and a communication apparatus having a second Bluetooth communicator and a human presence sensor capable of detecting existence of a person, the method comprising: transmitting, by the second Bluetooth communicator, advertising packets to a surrounding area intermittently; sending to the second Bluetooth communicator, by the first Bluetooth communicator, a first request for establishing a Bluetooth communication based on a received advertising packet; establishing, in response to the receiving the first request, the Bluetooth communication between the second Bluetooth communicator and the first Bluetooth communicator; sending to the second Bluetooth communicator, by the first Bluetooth communicator via the established Bluetooth communication, a second request of any one of several types of requests including a first type of request and a second type of request and receiving the second request via the established Bluetooth communication, performing processing corresponding to the first type request without depending on a result of detection of the human sensor in a case where the received second request is the first type request, and determining whether to perform processing corresponding to the second type request based on a result of detection of the human sensor in a case where the received second request is the second type request. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method according to claim 15, wherein the method is configured to prohibit the execution of the processing corresponding to the second type request, in a case where it is determined that the result of detection indicates that the existence of the person has not been detected by the human presence sensor. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The method according to claim 15, wherein the method is configured to permit the execution of the processing corresponding to the second type request, in a case where it is determined that the result of detection indicates that the existence of the person has been detected by the human presence sensor. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The method according to claim 15, wherein the method is configured to cause, instead of the performing of the processing corresponding to the second type request, the second Bluetooth communicator to transmit, to the first Bluetooth communicator, connection rejection information if it is determined that the result of detection indicates that the existence of the person has not been detected by the human presence sensor. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The method according to claim 15, wherein the method is configured to cause the second Bluetooth communicator to transmit, to the first Bluetooth communicator, connection information in the processing corresponding to the second type request based on the result of detection of the human sensor. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method according to claim 19, wherein the connection information includes at least SSID. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The method according to claim 19, wherein the method is configured to establish a wireless LAN communication between the communication apparatus and the mobile terminal, based on the connection information. ### Claim 22 (depends on 15) The method according to claim 15, wherein a designation on whether to perform the prohibition in accordance with the checked result of detection is able to be accepted. ### Claim 23 (depends on 15) The method according to claim 15, wherein the human presence sensor is a sensor using at least one of a temperature sensor, a magnetic sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, an optical sensor, a pyroelectric sensor and an infrared ray sensor. ### Claim 24 (depends on 15) The method according to claim 15, wherein the human presence sensor is a sensor in which a plurality of sensors are combined with each other. ### Claim 25 (depends on 15) The method according to claim 15, wherein the communication apparatus includes a printing device which forms an image on a sheet. ### Claim 26 (depends on 15) The method according to claim 15, wherein the communication apparatus includes a reading device which reads a document.