Communication apparatus that communicates tag information with another communication apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKazuki Shoji
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Abstract
A communication apparatus capable of executing reading of an RFID tag, the communication apparatus includes an approach detection unit that detects, by using a predetermined communication method, approach of the communication apparatus to another communication apparatus capable of executing reading of the RFID tag, and a reception unit that receives, by using the predetermined communication method, information of the RFID tag read by the other communication apparatus from the other communication apparatus.
Claims11
A communication apparatus capable of executing reading of a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag, the communication apparatus comprising:
- an approach detection unit configured to detect, by using a predetermined communication method, approach of the communication apparatus to another communication apparatus capable of executing reading of the RFID tag;
- and
- a reception unit configured to receive, by using the predetermined communication method, information of the RFID tag read by the other communication apparatus from the other communication apparatus,
- wherein the predetermined communication method is a communication method different from RFID.
A control method of a communication apparatus capable of executing reading of a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag, the control method comprising:
- detecting, by using a predetermined communication method, approach of the communication apparatus to another communication apparatus capable of executing reading of the RFID tag;
- and
- receiving, by using the predetermined communication method, information of the RFID tag read by the other communication apparatus from the other communication apparatus,
- wherein the predetermined communication method is a communication method different from RFID.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a control method of a communication apparatus capable of executing reading of a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag, the control method comprising:
- detecting, by using a predetermined communication method, approach of the communication apparatus to another communication apparatus capable of executing reading of the RFID tag;
- and
- receiving, by using the predetermined communication method, information of the RFID tag read by the other communication apparatus from the other communication apparatus,
- wherein the predetermined communication method is a communication method different from RFID.
A communication apparatus capable of executing reading of an Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag, the communication apparatus comprising:
- an approach detection unit configured to detect, by using a predetermined communication method, approach of the communication apparatus to another communication apparatus capable of executing reading of the RFID tag;
- and
- an arbitration unit configured to decide one of the communication apparatus or the other communication apparatus to execute reading if the approach is detected by the approach detection unit;
- and
- a control unit configured to,
- if it is decided that the other communication apparatus executes reading as a result of the arbitration unit, request the other communication apparatus to transmit information of the RFID tag read by the other communication apparatus;
- and
- if it is decided that the communication apparatus executes reading as a result of the arbitration unit, transmit information of the RFID tag read by the communication apparatus to the other communication apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.