# US 12,225,620 B2 · Electronic apparatus and method for controlling the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,225,620 B2 - Document ID: US12225620B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/656,243 - Filed: 2022-03-24 - Published: 2022-09-29 - Granted: 2025-02-11 - Earliest claimed: 2021-03-26 - Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation - Applicants: Seiko Epson Corporation - Inventors: Shinya Sakashita - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12225620B2 ## CPC - H04W 76/30: Connection release - G06F 1/266: {Arrangements to supply power to external peripherals either directly from the computer or under computer control, e.g. supply of power through the communication port, computer controlled power-strips} - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - H04W 88/06: adapted for operation in multiple networks {or having at least two operational modes}, e.g. multi-mode terminals - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract An electronic apparatus includes a first communication section that performs first communication in a wireless manner based on a first communication standard, a second communication section that performs second communication in a wired manner based on a second communication standard different from the first communication standard, and a controller that controls the first communication section and the second communication section. When a connection through the second communication is performed during a connection through the first communication, the first communication is not disconnected until a predetermined packet is received through the second communication and is disconnected when the predetermined packet is received through the second communication. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic apparatus, comprising: a first communication section that performs first communication in a wireless manner based on a first communication standard; a second communication section that performs second communication in a wired manner based on a second communication standard that is different from the first communication standard, an electric power being supplied from an apparatus of a connection destination of the second communication to the electric apparatus in the second communication standard; and a controller that controls the first communication section and the second communication section, wherein in response to performance of connection in the second communication during connection in the first communication, a supply of the electric power from the apparatus of the connection destination of the second communication to the electronic apparatus using the second communication is started before a predetermined packet is received through the second communication, the controller does not disconnect the first communication until the predetermined packet is received through the second communication, and the controller disconnects the first communication when receiving the predetermined packet through the second communication. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second communication standard is a standard of the universal serial bus. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The electronic apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined packet is an OUT packet in bulk transfer based on the standard of the universal serial bus. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The electronic apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined packet instructs disconnection of the first communication in control transfer based on the standard of the universal serial bus. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first communication standard is a standard of Bluetooth. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined packet is transmitted in response to an instruction issued by an application program that is for the electronic apparatus and that is included in an apparatus connected through the second communication. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller connects the disconnected first communication again when the wired connection in the second communication is disconnected. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller connects the disconnected first communication again when receiving an instruction for disconnecting the second communication from an apparatus of a connection destination of the second communication. ### Claim 9 A method for controlling an electronic apparatus including a first communication section that performs first communication in a wireless manner based on a first communication standard, and a second communication section that performs second communication in a wired manner based on a second communication standard that is different from the first communication standard, an electric power being supplied from an apparatus of a connection destination of the second communication to the electric apparatus in the second communication standard, the method comprising: in response to performance of connection in the second communication during connection in the first communication, starting a supply of the electric power from the apparatus of the connection destination of the second communication to the electronic apparatus using the second communication before receiving a predetermined packet through the second communication; not disconnecting the first communication until receiving the predetermined packet through the second communication; and disconnecting the first communication when receiving the predetermined packet through the second communication.