Image-reading apparatus and image processing method
AssigneePfu Limited
InventorsKensuke HASHIMOTO, Osamu MIYAKAWA, Masayuki MIZUSAKO
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Abstract
In the present invention, an image-reading apparatus tries to connect to an access point based on stored access point information. When connection to the access point is successful, the image-reading apparatus performs wireless connection in a communication via access point mode through a wireless local area network communication chip that is capable of performing the wireless connection in the communication via access point mode and a direct communication mode.
Claims20
An image-reading apparatus, comprising:
- a wireless local area network communication chip that is capable of performing wireless connection in a communication via access point mode and a direct communication mode;
- an access point information storage unit that stores access point information about a plurality of access points;
- an access point connection controlling unit that tries to connect to an access point based on the access point information stored in the access point information storage unit;
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- a wireless connection controlling unit that performs the wireless connection in the communication via access point mode when the connection to the access point is successful.
An image processing method executed by an image-reading apparatus, the image processing method comprising:
- an access point connection controlling step of trying to connect to an access point based on access point information stored in an access point information storage unit that stores the access point information about a plurality of access points;
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- a wireless connection controlling step of performing a wireless connection in a communication via access point mode through a wireless local area network communication chip that is capable of performing the wireless connection in the communication via access point mode and a direct communication mode, when the connection to the access point is successful.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.