# US 12,015,743 B2 · Function executing device and terminal device for executing wireless communication according to Bluetooth low energy > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,015,743 B2 - Document ID: US12015743B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/450,045 - Filed: 2023-08-15 - Published: 2023-11-30 - Granted: 2024-06-18 - Earliest claimed: 2019-11-13 - Assignees: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Hirotaka Asakura; Takuya Inoue; Munehisa Matsuda - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12015743B2 ## CPC - H04N 1/00209: {Transmitting or receiving image data, e.g. facsimile data, via a computer, e.g. using e-mail, a computer network, the internet, I-fax} - H04B 17/318: Received signal strength - H04B 17/391: Modelling the propagation channel - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - H04W 12/0431: Key distribution or pre-distribution; Key agreement - H04W 60/04: using triggered events - H04W 76/11: Allocation or use of connection identifiers - H04W 76/34: Selective release of ongoing connections - H04N 2201/006: Using near field communication, e.g. an inductive loop - H04W 8/005: {Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals} - H04W 36/1446: {wherein at least one of the networks is unlicensed} - H04W 84/12: WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] - H04W 84/18: Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks - Y02D 30/70: in wireless communication networks - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - H04B: TRANSMISSION - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE ## Abstract A function executing device may comprise a first wireless interface according to a Bluetooth Low Energy scheme being capable of repeatedly sending an advertising signal. The function executing device may after a first advertising signal in which a first radio field intensity is used has been sent from the first wireless interface, receive a specific signal via the first wireless interface from a terminal device, change a radio field intensity used for sending the advertising signal from the first radio field intensity to a second radio field intensity lower than the first radio field intensity, and after a second advertising signal in which the second radio field intensity is used has been sent from the first wireless interface, establish a first wireless connection with the terminal device via the first wireless interface. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A function executing device comprising: a first wireless interface configured to execute wireless communication according to a Bluetooth (Registered Trademark) Low Energy (BLE) scheme, the first wireless interface being capable of sending an advertising signal; a second wireless interface configured to execute wireless communication according to a Wi-Fi (Registered Trademark) scheme; a processor; and a memory storing computer-readable instructions, wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the function executing device to: send a first advertising signal from the first wireless interface; after sending of the first advertising signal is stopped, send a second advertising signal from the first wireless interface, wherein a distance at which the second advertising signal is capable of being received by an external device is shorter than a distance at which the first advertising signal is capable of being received by the external device; after receiving a specific signal via the first wireless interface from a terminal device which has received the second advertising signal, send target information to the terminal device which is a sender of the specific signal via the first wireless interface; in a case where a Wi-Fi connection request is received from the terminal device after the target information is sent to the terminal device, establish a Wi-Fi wireless connection with the terminal device via the second wireless interface. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The function executing device as in claim 1, further comprising: a print executing unit, wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the function executing device to: in a case where the Wi-Fi wireless connection is established, receive image data representing an image to be printed from the terminal device via the second wireless interface by using the Wi-Fi wireless connection; and in a case where the image data is received from the terminal device, cause the print executing unit to print the image represented by the image data. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The function executing device as in claim 1, wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the function executing device to: after sending of the first advertising signal is stopped, change a radio field intensity used for sending the advertising signal from a first radio field intensity for the first advertising signal to a second radio field intensity for the second advertising signal. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The function executing device as in claim 3, wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the function executing device to: after the target information is sent to the terminal device, change the radio field intensity used for sending the advertising signal from the second radio field intensity to the first radio field intensity. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The function executing device as in claim 1, wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the function executing device to: establish a link via the first wireless interface with the terminal device which has received the first advertising signal from the function executing device; and wherein the second advertising signal is sent from the first wireless interface after the link has been disconnected. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The function executing device as in claim 5, wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the function executing device to: receive a disconnection instruction from the terminal device via the first wireless interface by using the link, and the link is disconnected in a case where the disconnection instruction is received from the terminal device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The function executing device as in claim 1, wherein the first advertising signal includes first identification information for identifying the function executing device, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the function executing device to: communicate, via the first wireless interface, second identification information with the terminal device which has received the first advertising signal from the function executing device, the second identification information being information for identifying the function executing device and being different from the first identification information, and the second advertising signal includes the second identification information. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The function executing device as in claim 1, wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the function executing device to: communicate, via the first wireless interface, an encryption key with the terminal device which has been received the first advertising signal from the function executing device, and the target information which is sent to the terminal device is encrypted by the encryption key.