Communication apparatus, method of controlling same, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMayumi Shibao
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Abstract
The present communication apparatus acquires network information to be used when making a wireless connection to a connection destination from information captured by an image capturing unit, uses the acquired network information to determine whether it is possible to automatically make a wireless connection to the connection destination, uses the acquired network information to automatically make a wireless connection to the connection destination when it is possible to automatically make the wireless connection, and controls to display a screen for supporting input of the network information by a user when it is not possible to automatically make the wireless connection.
Claims12
A communication apparatus, comprising:
- a memory device that stores a set of instructions;
- and
- at least one processor that executes the set of instructions to:
- acquire network information used when making a wireless connection to a connection destination, from information captured by an image capturing unit;
- determine whether it is possible to automatically make a wireless connection to the connection destination using the acquired network information;
- use the acquired network information to automatically make a wireless connection to the connection destination in a case where it is determined that it is possible to automatically make the wireless connection to the connection destination using the acquired network information;
- and
- control to display a screen for supporting input of the network information by a user in a case where it is determined that it is not possible to automatically make the wireless connection to the connection destination using the acquired network information.
A method of controlling a communication apparatus, the method comprising:
- acquiring network information used when making a wireless connection to a connection destination, from information captured by an image capturing unit;
- determining whether it is possible to automatically make a wireless connection to the connection destination using the acquired network information;
- using the acquired network information to automatically make a wireless connection to the connection destination in a case where it is determined that it is possible to automatically make the wireless connection to the connection destination using the acquired network information;
- and
- controlling to display a screen for supporting input of the network information by a user in a case where it is determined that it is not possible to automatically make the wireless connection to the connection destination using the acquired network information.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions for causing a computer to execute a method, the method comprising:
- acquiring network information used when making a wireless connection to a connection destination, from information captured by an image capturing unit;
- determining whether it is possible to automatically make a wireless connection to the connection destination using the acquired network information;
- using the acquired network information to automatically make a wireless connection to the connection destination in a case where it is determined that it is possible to automatically make the wireless connection to the connection destination using the acquired network information;
- and
- controlling to display a screen for supporting input of the network information by a user in a case where it is determined that it is not possible to automatically make the wireless connection to the connection destination using the acquired network information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.