Control apparatus and control method thereof, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorAYUMI SATO
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Abstract
A control apparatus includes a communication device capable of communicably connecting to a plurality of external devices, a first determination unit configured to determine a total number of the external devices connected by the communication device; and a control unit configured to, after a connection with a predetermined external device is established by the communication device, cut the connection with the predetermined external device in accordance with the total number of external devices that are connected, determined by the first determination unit.
Claims13
A control apparatus comprising:
- a communication device capable of communicably connecting to a plurality of external devices;
- at least one processor or circuit configured to function as:
- a first determination unit configured to determine a total number of the external devices connected by the communication device;
- and
- a control unit configured to, after a connection with a predetermined external device is established by the communication device, cut the connection with the predetermined external device in accordance with the total number of external devices that are connected, determined by the first determination unit.
A method for controlling a control apparatus, the control apparatus including a communication device capable of communicably connecting to a plurality of external devices, the method comprising:
- executing a first determination of determining a total number of the external devices connected by the communication device;
- and
- after a connection with a predetermined external device is established by the communication device, executing control of cutting the connection with the predetermined external device in accordance with the total number of external devices that are connected, determined in the first determination.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium in which is stored a program that causes a computer to function as the respective unit of the control apparatus, the control apparatus comprising:
- a communication device capable of communicably connecting to a plurality of external devices;
- at least one processor or circuit configured to function as:
- a first determination unit configured to determine a total number of the external devices connected by the communication device;
- and
- a control unit configured to, after a connection with a predetermined external device is established by the communication device, cut the connection with the predetermined external device in accordance with the total number of external devices that are connected, determined by the first determination unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.