Control apparatus, control method for controlling apparatus, and program
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKoji Yukimasa
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Abstract
A control apparatus communicable with a plurality of controlled apparatuses includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a communication apparatus within a communication range of the controlled apparatus and information about other communication apparatuses within a communication range of the communication apparatus, and a selection unit configured to select the controlled apparatus that transmits a synchronization signal for synchronization based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit.
Claims20
A control apparatus communicable with a plurality of controlled apparatuses, the control apparatus comprising:
- an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a communication apparatus within a communication range of the controlled apparatus and information about other communication apparatuses within a communication range of the communication apparatus;
- and
- a selection unit configured to select the controlled apparatus that transmits a synchronization signal for synchronization based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit.
A method for controlling a control apparatus communicable with a plurality of controlled apparatuses, the method comprising:
- acquiring information about a communication apparatus within a communication range of the controlled apparatus and information about other communication apparatuses within a communication range of the communication apparatus;
- and
- selecting the controlled apparatus which transmits a synchronization signal for synchronization based on the acquired information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.