Electronic apparatus with communication device
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsKoichi Yata, Tooru Homma
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Abstract
An electronic apparatus executes communication with an external device. The electronic apparatus includes an encoder that encodes source data to generate transmission data, a communication device that transmits the transmission data generated by the encoder to the external device, a unit that determines the quality with which the source data is to be transmitted, in accordance with the type of the source data, and a unit that controls the encoder to vary an amount of the generated transmission data on the basis of the determined quality.
Claims12
An electronic apparatus comprising:
- an encoder that encodes source data to generate transmission data;
- a wireless communication device that executes communication with an external device via a wireless network, and transmits the transmission data generated by the encoder to the external device;
- means for detecting the number of devices connected to the wireless communication device via the wireless network;
- means for determining a rate at which the source data is to be transmitted, on the basis of the detected number of devices and a type of the source data, wherein when the detected number is greater than a preset value, the rate is determined lower than when the detected number is not greater than the preset value;
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- means for controlling the encoder to vary an amount of the generated transmission data on the basis of the determined rate of the source data.
A program that is stored in a computer-readable medium and controls wireless communication for transmitting transmission data, which is generated by encoding source data, from a computer to an external device via a wireless network, comprising:
- causing the computer to execute a process of detecting the number of devices connected to the computer via the wireless network;
- causing the computer to determine a rate at which the source data is to be transmitted, on the basis of the detected number of devices and a type of the source data, wherein when the detected number is greater than a preset value, the rate is determined lower than when the detected number is not greater than the preset value;
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- causing the computer to execute a process of controlling an operation of the encoding to vary an amount of the generated transmission data on the basis of the determined rate of the source data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.