Image communication apparatus wirelessly connectable to other apparatuses, system having the image communication apparatus, and method for controlling the same

An image communication apparatus that is wirelessly connectable to a scanner and has a first mode in which said image communication apparatus executes a predetermined process to an image scanned by the scanner, comprising:

• wireless communicating means for making a wireless connection to the scanner and having an image communication mode in which the image is communicated between said image communication apparatus and the scanner and a low-power consumption mode in which electrical power for communicating between said image communication apparatus and the scanner is reduced;
• detecting means for detecting a completion of the predetermined process during operation in the first mode of said image communication apparatus;
• and
• mode changing means for changing a mode of said wireless communicating means from the image communication mode to the low-power consumption mode, depending on a detection by said detecting means.

A method for controlling a system that includes a scanner and an image communication apparatus, which communicates with the scanner, the system having a first mode in which the image communication apparatus executes a predetermined process to an image scanned by the scanner, said method comprising:

• a detecting step of detecting a completion of the predetermined process during operation in the first mode of the image communication apparatus;
• and
• a mode changing step of changing a mode of wireless communicating means from an image communication mode to a low-power consumption mode, depending on a detection in said detecting step,
• wherein the wireless communicating means makes a wireless connection between the image communication apparatus and the scanner, communicates the image between the image communication apparatus and the scanner in the image communication mode, and reduces electrical power for communication between the image communication apparatus and the scanner in the low-power consumption mode.

A method for controlling an image communication apparatus that is wirelessly connectable to a scanner and that has a first mode in which the image communication apparatus executes a predetermined process to an image scanned by the scanner, said method comprising:

• a detecting step of detecting a completion of the predetermined process during operation in the first mode of the image communication apparatus;
• and
• a mode changing step of changing a mode of wireless communicating means from an image communication mode to a low-power consumption mode, depending on a detection in said detecting step,
• wherein the wireless communicating means makes a wireless connection between the image communication apparatus and the scanner, communicates the image between the image communication apparatus and the scanner in the image communication mode, and reduces electrical power for communication between the image communication apparatus and the scanner in the low-power consumption mode.