Information processing apparatus and information processing method

An information processing apparatus, comprising:

• a control unit
• generate an alignment image that is to be presented to a user at a time of aligning a position of a communication unit of the information processing apparatus that performs short-range wireless communication with a position of a communication unit of a communication counterpart apparatus, wherein
• the control unit is configured to generate, as the alignment image, at least one of an image captured by a camera of the information processing apparatus at a position where the short-range wireless communication between the information processing apparatus and the communication counterpart apparatus is possible, or a partial cutout image of the captured image.

An information processing method, comprising:

• in an information processing apparatus:
• generating, by a control unit, an alignment image that is to be presented to a user at a time of aligning a position of a communication unit of the information processing apparatus that performs short-range wireless communication with a position of a communication unit of a communication counterpart apparatus, wherein
• the control unit generates, as the alignment image, at least one an image captured by a camera of the information processing apparatus at a position where the short-range wireless communication between the information processing apparatus and the communication counterpart apparatus is possible, or a partial cutout image of the captured image.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, computer-readable instructions which, when executed by a processor of an information processing apparatus, cause the processor to execute operations, the operations comprising:

• controlling display, on a display unit, an image to be presented to a user at a time of aligning a position of a communication unit of the information processing apparatus that performs short-range wireless communication with a position of a communication unit of a communication counterpart apparatus;
• and
• overlappingly display, on the display unit, an alignment image captured by a camera of the information processing apparatus at a position where the short-range wireless communication between the information processing apparatus and the communication counterpart apparatus is possible, and a live view image which is a current captured image according to the camera of the information processing apparatus.

A non-transitor computer-readable medium having stored thereon, computer-readable instructions which, when executed by a processor of an information processing apparatus, cause the processor to execute operations, the operations comprising:

• generating, by a control unit, an alignment image that is to be presented to a user at a time of aligning a position of a communication unit of the information processing apparatus that performs short-range wireless communication with a position of a communication unit of a communication counterpart apparatus, when
• the control unit generats, as the alignment image, at least one of an image captured by a camera of the information processing apparatus at a position where the short-range wireless communication between the information processing apparatus and the communication counterpart apparatus is possible, or a partial cutout image of the captured image.