Communication device and control method thereof
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasaki Fujioka
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Abstract
A communication device that communicates with an external device using a first connection method and a second connection method is disclosed. The communication device, when a connection is established with an external device, determines whether to automatically display a screen for using the external device from the communication device on a display device, based on (i) a connection method used to connect to the external device and/or (ii) whether the external device is newly connected or reconnected.
Claims11
A communication device capable of communicating with an external device using a first connection method and a second connection method, the communication device comprising:
- a display device;
- and
- one or more processors that execute a program stored in a memory and thereby function as a control unit configured to determine, when a connection is established with an external device, whether to automatically display a screen for using the external device from the communication device based on (i) a connection method used to connect to the external device and (ii) whether the external device is newly connected or reconnected,
- wherein the control unit determines not to automatically display the screen for using the external device when the external device is reconnected while the communication device is connected with another external device and a screen for using the another external device is displayed.
A control method for a communication device capable of communicating with an external device using a first connection method and a second connection method, the control method comprising:
- detecting that a connection has been established with an external device;
- and
- determining whether to automatically display, in a display device, a screen for using the external device, for which a connection has been established, from the communication device, based on (i) a connection method used to connect to the external device and (ii) whether the external device is newly connected or reconnected,
- wherein the determining determines not to automatically display the screen for using the external device when the external device is reconnected while the communication device is connected with another external device and a screen for using the another external device is displayed.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores a program which, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a control method for a communication device capable of communicating with an external device using a first connection method and a second connection method, the control method comprising:
- detecting that a connection has been established with an external device;
- and
- determining whether to automatically display, in a display device, a screen for using the external device, for which a connection has been established, from the communication device, based on (i) a connection method used to connect to the external device and (ii) whether the external device is newly connected or reconnected,
- wherein the determining determines not to automatically display the screen for using the external device when the external device is reconnected while the communication device is connected with another external device and a screen for using the another external device is displayed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.